List of shipwrecks in international waters

This is a list of shipwrecks located in international waters.

Arctic Ocean

Ship	Sunk date	Notes	Coordinates
USS Jeannette	13 June 1881	A Philomel-class gunboat that was converted into an Arctic exploration vessel, and became trapped in the ice near Wrangel Island. The ship remained trapped for 21 months, and was carried some distance northeast before sinking; three of the De Long Islands were discovered and named by her crew along the way.	77°15′N 154°59′E / 77.250°N 154.983°E

Barents Sea

Ship	Sunk date	Notes	Coordinates
HMS Achates	31 December 1942	An A-class destroyer that was sunk 135 nautical miles southeast of Bear Island, in the Battle of the Barents Sea.	73°18′N 30°6′E / 73.300°N 30.100°E
RFA Aldersdale	7 July 1942	A Dale-class oil tanker that was damaged by aircraft and sunk by U-457.	75°0′N 45°0′E / 75.000°N 45.000°E
HMS Bickerton	22 August 1944	A Buckley-class destroyer escort that was torpedoed by U-354 and scuttled.	71°42′N 19°11′E / 71.700°N 19.183°E
HMS Edinburgh	2 May 1942	A Town-class light cruiser that was scuttled 400 kilometres northeast of Kola Bay, Russia.	72°N 35°E / 72°N 35°E
SS Empire Byron	5 July 1942	A cargo ship that was torpedoed by U-703.	76°18′N 33°30′E / 76.300°N 33.500°E
SS Empire Cowper	11 April 1942	A cargo ship that was bombed by German aircraft.	71°01′N 36°00′E / 71.017°N 36.000°E
SS El Occidente	13 April 1942	A cargo ship that was torpedoed by U-435.	73°12′N 28°18′E / 73.2°N 28.3°E
Z16 Friedrich Eckoldt	31 December 1942	A Type 1934A-class destroyer that was sunk by HMS Sheffield in the Battle of the Barents Sea.	77°19′N 30°47′E / 77.317°N 30.783°E
FV Gaul	8–9 February 1974	A British fishing vessel that disappeared without trace; the wreck was not discovered until 1997.
HMS Trinidad	15 May 1942	A Crown Colony-class cruiser that was attacked by German bombers and scuttled north of North Cape, Norway.	73°37′N 23°27′E / 73.617°N 23.450°E
SM U-28	2 September 1917	A Type U 27 U-boat that attacked the SS Olive Branch at close range, 85 miles northeast of North Cape, Norway. The gunfire detonated the Olive Branch's cargo of munitions, and the U-boat was sunk in the resultant explosion.	72°34′N 27°56′E / 72.567°N 27.933°E
U-288	3 April 1944	A Type VIIC U-boat that was sunk by British aircraft southeast of Bear Island.	73°44′N 27°12′E / 73.733°N 27.200°E
U-314	30 January 1944	A Type VIIC U-boat that was sunk by HMS Whitehall and HMS Meteor southeast of Bear Island.	73°41′N 24°30′E / 73.683°N 24.500°E
U-354	24 August 1944	A Type VIIC U-boat that was sunk by British ships northeast of North Cape.	72°49′N 30°41′E / 72.817°N 30.683°E
U-425	17 February 1945	A Type VIIC U-boat that was sunk by HMS Lark and HMS Alnwick Castle near Murmansk, Russia.	69°39′N 35°50′E / 69.650°N 35.833°E
U-457	16 September 1942	A Type VIIC U-boat that was sunk by HMS Impulsive northeast of Murmansk, Russia.	75°05′N 43°15′E / 75.083°N 43.250°E
U-472	4 March 1943	A Type VIIC U-boat that was sunk by HMS Onslaught and British aircraft southeast of Bear Island.	73°05′N 26°40′E / 73.083°N 26.667°E
U-585	30 March 1942	A Type VIIC U-boat that was sunk by a German mine north of Murmansk, Russia.	70°00′N 34°00′E / 70.000°N 34.000°E
U-589	14 September 1942	A Type VIIC U-boat that was sunk by HMS Onslow and a British aircraft.	75°40′N 20°32′E / 75.667°N 20.533°E
U-655	24 March 1942	A Type VIIC U-boat that was rammed by HMS Sharpshooter.	73°00′N 21°00′E / 73.000°N 21.000°E

Greenland Sea

Ship	Sunk date	Notes	Coordinates
RFA Gray Ranger	22 September 1942	A fleet support tanker that was torpedoed by U-435.	70°N 11°W / 70°N 11°W
Hinrich Freese	12 November 1940	A weather ship that was deliberately run aground on Jan Mayen to prevent capture.
Lauenburg	28 June 1941	A German weather ship that was captured and scuttled by four Allied warships, in order to acquire important codebooks and parts of an Enigma machine.	71°00′N 8°20′W / 71.000°N 8.333°W
SS Oliver Ellsworth	13 September 1942	A Liberty ship that was torpedoed by U-408 about 100 miles southwest of Spitsbergen, Norway.	75°52′N 7°55′E / 75.867°N 7.917°E
SS Santa Rosa	13 September 1942	An ocean liner that was sunk by German forces 198 miles northwest of Bear Island.	76°00′N 9°18′E / 76.00°N 09.30°E
HMS Somali	20 September 1942	A Tribal-class destroyer that was torpedoed by U-703 and sank under tow north of Iceland.	69°11′N 15°32′W / 69.183°N 15.533°W
SS Stalingrad	13 September 1942	A cargo ship that was torpedoed by U-408 about 100 miles southwest of Spitsbergen, Norway.	75°52′N 7°55′E / 75.867°N 7.917°E
U-88	12 September 1942	A Type VIIC U-boat that was sunk by HMS Faulknor south of Svalbard.	75°04′N 04°49′E / 75.067°N 4.817°E
U-289	31 May 1944	A Type VIIC U-boat that was sunk by HMS Milne northeast of Jan Mayen Island.	73°32′N 00°28′E / 73.533°N 0.467°E
U-408	5 November 1942	A Type VIIC U-boat that was sunk by an American aircraft north of Iceland.	67°40′N 18°32′W / 67.667°N 18.533°W

Atlantic Ocean

Indian Ocean

Pacific Ocean

Southern Ocean

Ship	Sunk date	Notes	Coordinates
MY Ady Gil	7 January 2010	A trimaran, formerly named Earthrace, that broke the global circumnavigation record in 2008. It was later converted into an anti-whaling ship, and was sunk in a collision with MV Shōnan Maru 2, sparking a series of legal disputes.	64°01′50″S 143°05′23″E / 64.03056°S 143.08972°E
MV Explorer	23 November 2007	A cruise ship that hit an iceberg in the Bransfield Strait.	62°24′18″S 57°11′46″W / 62.404882°S 57.196247°W
San Telmo	2 September 1819	A ship of the line that sank in a storm in Drake Passage.	62°20′S 60°30′W / 62.333°S 60.500°W

Further reading

• Jurisi, Mario, Ancient Shipwrecks of the Adriatic: maritime transport during the first and second centuries AD. (British archaeological reports: International series, 828) Oxford, Tempus Reparatum, 2000 ISBN 1-84171-039-3
• Parker, A. J., Ancient Shipwrecks of the Mediterranean and the Roman provinces, (Oxford, 1992)
• Pickford, Nigel, Lost Treasure Ships of the Northern Seas: a guide and gazetteer to 2000 years of shipwreck, (London: Chatham, 2006)

External links

• WRECKSITE Worldwide free database of + 65,000 wrecks with history, maritime charts and GPS positions