List of wreck diving sites

Last updated February 11, 2025

List of shipwreck sites which are popular amongst scuba divers for wreck diving, arranged by geographical distribution.

North Atlantic

Ireland

Alondra – English steamer wrecked off Ireland, Baltimore, County Cork

United Kingdom

HMS A1 – The Royal Navy's first British-designed submarine
HMS A3 – A-class submarine of the Royal Navy
Abessinia – German ship wrecked at the Farne Islands in 1921. Now a dive site
Aeolian Sky – Greek registered freighter sunk off Dorset after a collision
SS Ajax – Cargo steamship that was built in Germany in 1923
Albert C. Field – Canadian cargo ship, sunk off the Needles during World War II
SS Ben Doran – Steam fishing trawler that operated out of Aberdeen
SS Binnendijk – Dutch cargo steamship sunk by a mine off Portland Bill in the English Channel
HMS Boadicea – B-class destroyer of the Royal Navy, sunk by enemy action in Lyme Bay
SS Breda – Dutch ship sunk off Scotland in 1940
HMS Coronation – 90-gun second-rate ship of the line of the English Royal Navy
SMS Dresden – Light cruiser of the German Imperial Navy
SS Eastfield – Ship sunk off Cornwall in 1917, now a dive site
HMT Elk – British trawler sunk off Plymouth in 1940, now a recreational dive site.
SS Espagne – Belgian cargo ship sunk in English Channel
HMS Falmouth – Town-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy
HMS Ghurka – Tribal-class destroyer of the Royal Navy sunk off Dungeness by a German mine
Glen Strathallan – British ship scuttled in Plymouth sound as a dive site
Herzogin Cecilie – German-built four-masted barque wrecked near Salcombe
Hilma Hooker – Shipwreck in Bonaire in the Caribbean Netherlands
SS Hispania – Swedish steamship wrecked in the Sound of Mull, now a dive site
HMS Hood – Royal Sovereign-class battleship of the Royal Navy scuttled in Portland Harbour
SS James Eagan Layne – Liberty ship sunk off Cornwall, now a dive site
SMS Kronprinz – Battleship of the German Imperial Navy
Kyarra – Cargo and passenger luxury liner torpedoed and sunk near Swanage
HMS Laforey – Royal Navy destroyer sunk by a mine off Sussex
SS Louis Sheid – Belgian ship sunk off Devon on 1939. Now a recreational dive site
USS LST-507 – US Tank landing ship sunk off the south coast of England, now a dive site
HMS M2 – Royal Navy submarine monitor wrecked in Lyme Bay
SS Maine – British ship sunk in 1917 near Dartmouth, Devon. Now a recreational dive site
SS Maloja – UK registered passenger steamship sunk by a mine off Dover
Marguerite – French ship sunk in Lyme Bay in 1917. Now a dive site
SMS Markgraf – Battleship of the German Imperial Navy
SS Mendi – Passenger steamship that sank after a collision south of the Isle of Wight
RMS Moldavia – British ship sunk in 1918 off Beachy Head, now a dive site
HMS Montagu – Pre-dreadnought battleship of the British Royal Navy
MV RMS Mulheim – German owned container ship wrecked at Land's End, United Kingdom
SS Oceana – Cargo and passenger ship sunk off Beachy Head after a collision
MS Oslofjord – Ocean liner sunk after hitting a mine off the River Tyne
SS Persier – British ship sunk in Plymouth Sound in 1945. Now a dive site
MS Piłsudski – Polish passenger ship sunk off the Yorkshire coast
MV Pool Fisher – British merchant vessel that sank off the Isle of Wight
HMS Port Napier – British World War II auxiliary minesweeper that caught fire and exploded
Preußen – German steel-hulled five-masted ship-rigged windjammer sunk in Crab Bay after a collision
SS Radaas – Ship sunk in 1917 near Portland Bill, now a dive site
SS Rondo – Ship sunk in Sound of Mull in 1935, now a recreational dive site
SS Rosehill – Steam collier torpedoed and sunk near Fowey, Cornwall
SS Rotorua – New Zealand Shipping Company steam ocean liner and refrigerated cargo ship
Royal Adelaide – Iron sailing ship wrecked on Chesil Beach
Royal Charter – Steam clipper wrecked off Anglesey, UK
HMS Safari – Royal Navy S-class submarine which served in World War II
HMS Scylla – 1970 Type 12I or Leander-class frigate of the Royal Navy, Cornwall, United Kingdom
HMS Sidon – Royal Navy submarine sunk in Portland Harbour by explosion of a faulty torpedo
Stanegarth – Steam tugboat scuttled as a dive feature at Stoney Cove
SS Stanwood – British ship sunk off Falmouth in 1939
SS Stella – Passenger ferry wrecked off the Casquets in 1899
SS Stepas Darius – Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II
SS Thesis – Steamship wrecked in 1889 in the Sound of Mull, Scotland. Now a recreational dive site.
SS Torrey Canyon – Oil tanker wrecked off the coast of Cornwall
U-40 – German submarine sunk by a mine in the English Channel
U-1195 – German World War II submarine
SS Varvassi – Greek freighter wrecked at The Needles in a storm after engine failure
SS Walter L M Russ – German freighter wrecked in St George's Channel
List of shipwrecks of the Isles of Scilly, Cornwall

United States

USS Aeolus – Attack cargo ship converted into a cable repair ship
SS Andrea Doria – Ocean liner sunk after a collision off Massachusetts in 1956 , Nantucket Sound. This dive is becoming less common, as the rapid deterioration of the wreck is making diving more difficult on top of the already treacherous dive to reach the vessel.
SS Arratoon Apcar – 19th-century British steamship that is now a wreck in Florida
SMS Geier – Unprotected cruiser of the German Imperial Navy
USNS General Hoyt S. Vandenberg – US Navy transport ship sunk as artificial reef at Key West

Caribbean Sea

Aruba

MS Antilla – Hamburg America Line cargo ship scuttled in 1940 off Aruba
SS Pedernales – Lake tanker damaged by a torpedo at Aruba, part of the ships remains as dive site

Bonaire

Hilma Hooker – Shipwreck in Bonaire in the Caribbean Netherlands

British Virgin Islands

RMS Rhone – Royal Mail Ship wrecked off Salt Island in the British Virgin Islands in a hurricane

Cayman Islands

MV Captain Keith Tibbetts – Class of Soviet anti-submarine frigates

Curaçao

Superior Producer,^[1]

Grenada

MV Bianca C. – Passenger ship sunk off Grenada

Mexico

Felipe Xicoténcatl – Admirable class minesweeper sunk as an artificial reef off Cozumel

Mustique

SS Antilles – French cruise ship that ran aground and sank off Mustique

Florida

Eagle, Islamorada, Florida
USNS General Hoyt S. Vandenberg, Key West, Florida
USS Oriskany, Pensacola, Florida
USS Spiegel Grove, Florida Keys, Florida

Mediterranean Sea

Adriatic

SMS Zenta
SS Tiffany

Cyprus

Italy

Haven

Malta

North Carolina, Outer Banks

Scapa Flow, Scotland

SMS Markgraf

South Atlantic

Brazil

Pirapama , Vapor Bahia , Corveta Camacuã and other wrecks in Recife; Corveta Ipiranga in Fernando de Noronha; Buenos Aires at Rio de Janeiro; other wrecks along the coast of Brazil

East Pacific

Wreck Alley, San Diego, California

West Pacific

HMAS Adelaide, New South Wales, Australia
HMAS Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
SS Yongala, Queensland, Australia
HMAS Canberra, Victoria, Australia
USAT Liberty, Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia
MS Mikhail Lermontov, New Zealand
Rainbow Warrior , New Zealand
HMNZS Wellington, New Zealand
Toa Maru , Solomon Islands
SS President Coolidge, Vanuatu

Bikini Atoll

USS Saratoga (CV-3) - aircraft carrier
USS Arkansas (BB-33) - battleship
USS Gilliam (APA-57) - attack transport
USS Carlisle (APA-69) - attack transport
USS Lamson (DD-367) - destroyer
USS Anderson (DD-411) - destroyer
USS Apogon (SS-308) - submarine
USS Pilotfish (SS-386) - submarine
Japanese battleship Nagato - battleship
Japanese cruiser Sakawa - light cruiser

Guam

American Tanker, WWII American concrete barge in Apra Harbor ^[2]
Aratama Maru , a WWII Japanese military transport in Talofofo Bay ^[3]
SMS Cormoran (1914), WWI German merchant raider in Apra Harbor^[3]
Kitsugawa Maru , a WWII Japanese transport in Apra Harbor^[3]
Tokai Maru , WWII Japanese passenger-cargo ship in Apra Harbor^[3]

Truk Lagoon

Indian Ocean

Al Munassir, Muscat, Oman
HMS Hermes, Sri Lanka
Inket Wreck, World War II Japanese shipwreck, Andaman Islands, India

Red Sea

SS Thistlegorm, Egypt
SS Carnatic, Egypt
Salem Express, Egypt
Giannis D, Egypt^{[ citation needed ]}
Rosalie Moller, Egypt^{[ citation needed ]}
INS Sufa, Israel

References

Notes

↑ Sawyer, Ty (22 September 2005). "The History of the Superior Producer". SportDiver.com. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
↑ "What Concrete Ships Lie at Guam?". ww2pacific.com. September 7, 2006. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
1 2 3 4 "Diving in War in the Pacific National Historical Park". National Park Service. October 30, 2012. Retrieved March 6, 2021.

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[1] Sawyer, Ty (22 September 2005). "The History of the Superior Producer". SportDiver.com. Retrieved 6 January 2017.

[2] "What Concrete Ships Lie at Guam?". ww2pacific.com. September 7, 2006. Retrieved 7 March 2021.

[WAPA-3] 1 2 3 4 "Diving in War in the Pacific National Historical Park". National Park Service. October 30, 2012. Retrieved March 6, 2021.

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