List of missing ships
{{Short description|List of missing ships and wrecks}}
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File:SS Waratah FL601368.jpg and its 211 crew and passengers were last heard from on 27 July 1909. Its wreck has yet to be found.]]
This is a list of missing ships and wrecks. If it is known that the ship in question sank, then its wreck has not yet been located.
Ships are usually declared lost and assumed wrecked after a period of disappearance. The disappearance of a ship usually implies all hands lost. Without witnesses or survivors, the mystery surrounding the fate of missing ships has inspired many items of nautical lores and the creation of paranormal zones such as the Bermuda Triangle. In many cases a probable cause has been deduced, such as a known storm or warfare, but it could not be confirmed without witnesses or sufficient documentation.
Many disappearances occurred before wireless telegraphy became available in navigation applications in the late 1890s, which would have allowed crew to send a distress call. Sudden disasters such as military strike, collision, rogue wave, or piracy could also prevent a crew from sending a distress call and reporting a location.
Among the many missing ships on the list are submarines, which have limited communication, and provide the crew almost no chance of survival if struck by disaster under water.
The advancement of radar technology by the end of World War II and today's Global Positioning System make it more likely that a distressed vessel will be located.
Most vessels currently listed as missing disappeared over a vast search area and/or deep water and there is little commercial interest in searching for the vessels and salvaging the wreck and its contents. Often the search and recovery costs are prohibitive even with today's sonar and wrecking technologies and could not be compensated by salvaged valuables, even if there were any on board. The search for these types of missing vessels is usually motivated by historical, legal or actuarial interests requiring the aid of government funding such as in the 2008 discovery of HMAS Sydney and Kormoran.{{cite news |last=Banham |first=Cynthia |date=15 August 2005 |title=PM offers reward to find sunken warship |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |url=http://smh.com.au/articles/2005/08/14/1123957949752.html |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604162945/http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2005/08/14/1123957949752.html |archivedate=4 June 2011}}
The list is organised by the marine region in which the disappearance or sinking occurred, or the closest country to the area. The year of the disappearance, last known location, and possible location of the wreck are included.
Africa
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HMS | Blenheim | style="text-align:center;"|1807 | off the coast of Madagascar{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?16324 |title=HMS Blenheim (+1807) |website=Wreck Site |accessdate=12 October 2013}} |
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SS | Waratah | style="text-align:center;"|1909 | somewhere between Durban and Cape Town"The Loss of the Waratah. The Times 23 February 1911 p.24 |
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North America
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SS | Arctic | style="text-align:center;"|1854 | somewhere off Cape Race, Newfoundland{{cite web|url=http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/Wrecks/never.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080312064541/http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/Wrecks/never.htm|url-status=dead|title=Never heard of – Mysteries of the Atlantic Ferry|archivedate=12 March 2008}} (missing Wreck) |
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SS | James Carruthers | style="text-align:center;"|1913 | Lake Huron, near Georgian Bay.Boyer, Dwight. True Tales of the Great Lakes. Cleveland: Freshwater Press, 1971. (pgs. 293–294) {{ISBN|0-912514-48-5}} |
SS | Leafield | style="text-align:center;"|1913 | Lake Superior, probably about 14 miles (23 km) southeast of Port Arthur, Ontario.{{cite web|url=https://images.maritimehistoryofthegreatlakes.ca/57178/data|title=Leafield (Propeller), sunk, 9 Nov 1913|website=images.maritimehistoryofthegreatlakes.ca}} |
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Central America
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Surcouf | style="text-align:center;"|1942 | North of Cristóbal, Colón |
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Asia
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SS | Vaitarna | style="text-align:center;"|1888 | somewhere off the coast of Saurashtra in Arabian Sea{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/gujarat-saw-a-titanic-in-1888/articleshow/5895425.cms|title=Gujarat saw a Titanic in 1888 | Ahmedabad News – Times of India|website=The Times of India}} |
MV | Kairali | style="text-align:center;"|1979 | some miles away from Margao{{cite web|title=Deccan Herald July 20, 2005|url=http://archive.deccanherald.com/Deccanherald/jul202005/national1214322005719.asp}} |
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U-196 | style="text-align:center;"|1944 | somewhere south of Java near Sunda Strait{{cite web|url=http://uboat.net/boats/u196.htm|title=The Type IXD2 U-boat U-196 - German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net|website=uboat.net|accessdate=31 May 2018}} | |
USS | Capelin | style="text-align:center;"|1943 | somewhere near SulawesiBauer, K. Jack; Roberts, Stephen S. (1991). Register of Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1775–1990: Major Combatants. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. pp. 275–280. {{ISBN|0-313-26202-0}}. |
HMS | Lady Nelson | style="text-align:center;"|1825 | unconfirmed destruction at Aluta Island or Baba Island |
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USS | Grayling | style="text-align:center;"|1943 | somewhere off Manila or in Lingayen Gulf{{cite web|url=http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/g7/grayling-iv.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040315053255/http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/g7/grayling-iv.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 March 2004|title=Grayling|website=navy.mil|accessdate=31 May 2018}} |
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Europe
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|HMS | Sickle | style="text-align:center;"|1944 | probably sunk in Antikythera Channel{{cite web|url=http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/3442.html|title=HMS Sickle (P 224) of the Royal Navy - British Submarine of the S class - Allied Warships of WWII - uboat.net|website=uboat.net|accessdate=31 May 2018}} |
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| Unterseeboot | UB-3 | style="text-align:center;"|1915 | Lost in the Aegean Sea west of Izmir{{cite web|url=https://www.uboat.net/wwi/boats/?boat=UB+3.htm|title=UB 3 - uboat.net|website=uboat.net|accessdate=24 March 2023}} |
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| SS | Lord Spencer | style="text-align:center;"|1895 | somewhere between San Francisco and New York City.{{cite web |title= Java, Cunard Line |url=http://www.norwayheritage.com/p_ship.asp?sh=javaa |website=Norway Heritage }} |
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| Unterseeboot | U-47 | style="text-align:center;"|1941 | somewhere near the Rockall Banks around {{coord|60|N|19|W}}{{cite web|url=http://uboat.net/boats/u47.htm|title=The Type VIIB U-boat U-47 - German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net|website=uboat.net|accessdate=31 May 2018}} |
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Oceania
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| | Awahou | style="text-align:center;"|1952 | somewhere between Sydney and Lord Howe Island |
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| | Amy Louise | style="text-align:center;"|1909 | somewhere between Pernambuco, Brazil and Sydney{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?146946 |title=SV Amy Louise (+1909) |publisher=The Wrecksite |access-date=28 September 2019}} |
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| | Whale | style="text-align:center;"|1816 | somewhere between Sydney and the mouth of the Hawkesbury Riverhttp://oceans1.customer.netspace.net.au/nsw-main.html {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091002083826/http://oceans1.customer.netspace.net.au/nsw-main.html |date=2 October 2009 }} Shipwrecks of New South Wales |
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| | Nft West | style="text-align:center;"|1989 | somewhere in Arafura Sea |
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| | Peron | style="text-align:center;"|1948 | somewhere near Darwin{{cite encyclopedia|last=Stone |first=Peter |title=Northern territory |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Australian Shipwrecks |url=http://oceans1.customer.netspace.net.au/nt-main.html |accessdate=14 August 2008 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100804032419/http://oceans1.customer.netspace.net.au/nt-main.html |archivedate=4 August 2010 |url-status=live }} |
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| | Phoenix | style="text-align:center;"|1950 | somewhere between Truscott and Darwin |
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| | Douglas Mawson | style="text-align:center;"|1923 | somewhere between Cairns and Thursday Island |
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| | Morning Star | style="text-align:center;"|1814 | somewhere off Booby IslandAustralian Shipwrecks – vol 1 1622–1850, Charles Bateson, AH and AW Reed, Sydney, 1972, {{ISBN|978-0-589-07112-7}} p50 |
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| | Albion | style="text-align:center;"| | somewhere between Table Cape and Circular Headhttp://oceans1.customer.netspace.net.au/tas-main.html Shipwrecks of Tasmania |
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| | Amelia J. | style="text-align:center;"|1920 | somewhere around the Furneaux Grouphttp://oceans1.customer.netspace.net.au/furneaux-main.html Furneaux Group Shipwrecks |
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| | Argo | style="text-align:center;"|1814 | somewhere off the coast |
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| | Awarau | style="text-align:center;"|1891 | somewhere off Macquarie Islandhttp://oceans1.customer.netspace.net.au/macquarie-main.html Macquarie Island Shipwrecks |
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| | Celestia | style="text-align:center;"|1887 | somewhere between Russell, New Zealand and Hobart |
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| | Chris | style="text-align:center;"|1903 | somewhere between Hobart and Adventure Bay |
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| | City of Hobart | style="text-align:center;"|1873 | somewhere between Hobart and Blackman's Bay |
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| | Despatch | style="text-align:center;"|1826 | somewhere off Cape Pillar |
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| | Elizabeth Radcliff | style="text-align:center;"|1850 | |
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| | Fleetwing | style="text-align:center;"|1876 | |
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| | John Leslie Griffiths | style="text-align:center;"|1880 | somewhere around King Island{{cite web|url=http://oceans1.customer.netspace.net.au/king-main.html|title=KING ISLAND – MAINFRAME|first=Peter|last=Stone|website=oceans1.customer.netspace.net.au|accessdate=31 May 2018}} |
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| | Louisa | style="text-align:center;"|1882 | somewhere around Fortescue Bay |
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| | Omega | style="text-align:center;"|1921 | somewhere between Hobart and Lyttelton, New Zealand |
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| | Reindeer | style="text-align:center;"|1862 | somewhere around the Kent Grouphttp://oceans1.customer.netspace.net.au/kent-main.html Kent Group Shipwrecks (missing wreck) |
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| | Resolution | style="text-align:center;"|1832 | somewhere between Launceston and Twofold Bay |
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| | Southern Cross | style="text-align:center;"|1908 | somewhere around the Furneaux Group (unconfirmed wreck) |
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| | Unity | style="text-align:center;"|1813 | somewhere off the coast |
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| SS | Christina Fraser | style="text-align:center;"|1933 | somewhere between Gabo Island, last sighting, and Geelong{{cite web|url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?50531|title=Wrecksite – Christina Fraser Cargo Ship (1925–1933).}}{{cite news |date=28 June 1933 |title=Search Goes On by Air &Sea |pages=1 |work=Newcastle Sun |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article165351874 |access-date=31 October 2022}} |
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| | Flying Duck | style="text-align:center;"|1876 | somewhere off Swan Island (unidentified/missing wreck) |
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| | Grecian Queen | style="text-align:center;"|1863 | somewhere between Newcastle and Melbourne (unidentified/missing wreck) |
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| | John | style="text-align:center;"|1806 | somewhere between King Island and Sydney |
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| | Jumna | style="text-align:center;"|1881 | somewhere between Hobart and Fremantle |
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| | Lady Franklin | style="text-align:center;"|1838 | somewhere between Sydney and Hobart |
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| | Maid of Australia | style="text-align:center;"|1834 | somewhere between Port Arthur and Port Philip |
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| | Port Phillip Packet | style="text-align:center;"|1838 | somewhere between Launceston and Port Phillip Bay |
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| | Princess Charlotte | style="text-align:center;"|1820 | somewhere between Hobart and Sydney |
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| | Raven | style="text-align:center;"|1806 | |
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|HMS | Sappho | style="text-align:center;"|1858 | somewhere in Bass Strait |
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| | Senorita | style="text-align:center;"|1854 | somewhere between Sydney and Hobart |
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| | Venus | style="text-align:center;"|1803 | somewhere between Sydney and southern New Zealand |
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| | Viscount McDuff | style="text-align:center;"|After 8 August 1882 | somewhere between Sydney and Madras (unidentified/missing wreck) |
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| | Vivid | style="text-align:center;"|1854 | somewhere between Melbourne and Circular Head, Tasmania |
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| | Yarra Yarra | style="text-align:center;"|1838 | somewhere between Launceston and Port Phillip Bay |
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USS | Gudgeon | style="text-align:center;"|1944 | near Maug Islands,{{cite book
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General Grant | style="text-align:center;"|1866 | off western shore of Auckland Island,{{cite book
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USS | Amberjack | style="text-align:center;"|1943 | probably sunk off Rabaul (missing wreck){{cite web|url=http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/a8/amberjack-i.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040225203722/http://history.navy.mil/danfs/a8/amberjack-i.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 February 2004|title=Amberjack|website=navy.mil|accessdate=31 May 2018}} |
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USS | Grampus | style="text-align:center;"|1943 | probably sunk in Blackett Strait (missing wreck){{cite web|url=http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/g7/grampus-v.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040313232731/http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/g7/grampus-v.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 March 2004|title=Grampus|website=navy.mil|accessdate=31 May 2018}} |
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Independence | style="text-align:center;"|1805 | somewhere between Sydney and the Antipodes Islands, south east of New Zealand | ||
{{ship | Active|1804 ship|2}} | style="text-align:center;"|1810 | Tasman Sea{{cite web|url=http://folksong.org.nz/davylows/lowstonfyfe.html#c|title=NZ Folk Song * The story of David Lowston|website=folksong.org.nz|accessdate=31 May 2018}} |
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High seas
The following lists contain entries that could not be referenced to an area close to any one particular country or an area definitely in international waters.
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| Unterseeboot | U-355 | style="text-align:center;"|1944 | {{cite web|url=http://uboat.net/boats/u355.htm|title=The Type VIIC U-boat U-355 - German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net|website=uboat.net|accessdate=31 May 2018}} |
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| Unterseeboot | U-398 | style="text-align:center;"|1945 | possibly in North Sea as well{{cite web|url=http://uboat.net/boats/u398.htm|title=The Type VIIC U-boat U-398 - German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net|website=uboat.net|accessdate=31 May 2018}} (also listed under Europe) |
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| | U-116 | style="text-align:center;"|1942 | somewhere around {{coord|45|00|N|31|30|W}}{{cite web|url=http://uboat.net/boats/u116.htm|title=The Type XB U-boat U-116 - German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net|website=uboat.net|accessdate=31 May 2018}} |
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| | U-184 | style="text-align:center;"|1942 | somewhere east of Newfoundland near {{coord|49|N|45|W}}{{cite web|url=http://uboat.net/boats/u184.htm|title=The Type IXC/40 U-boat U-184 - German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net|website=uboat.net|accessdate=31 May 2018}} |
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| | U-192 | style="text-align:center;"|1943 | somewhere southeast of Cape Farewell, Greenland around {{coord|53|06|N|45|02|W}}{{cite web|url=http://uboat.net/boats/u192.htm|title=The Type IXC/40 U-boat U-192 - German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net|website=uboat.net|accessdate=31 May 2018}} (missing wreck) |
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| | U-338 | style="text-align:center;"|1943 | somewhere around {{coord|57|N|30|W}}{{cite web|url=http://uboat.net/boats/u338.htm|title=The Type VIIC U-boat U-338 - German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net|website=uboat.net|accessdate=31 May 2018}} |
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| | U-381 | style="text-align:center;"|1943 | somewhere south of Greenland{{cite web|url=http://uboat.net/boats/u381.htm|title=The Type VIIC U-boat U-381 - German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net|website=uboat.net|accessdate=31 May 2018}} |
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| | U-420 | style="text-align:center;"|1943 | {{cite web|url=http://uboat.net/boats/u420.htm|title=The Type VIIC U-boat U-420 - German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net|website=uboat.net|accessdate=31 May 2018}} |
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| | U-529 | style="text-align:center;"|1943 | {{cite web|url=http://uboat.net/boats/u529.htm|title=The Type IXC/40 U-boat U-529 - German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net|website=uboat.net|accessdate=31 May 2018}} |
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| | U-553 | style="text-align:center;"|1943 | {{cite web|url=http://uboat.net/boats/u553.htm|title=The Type VIIC U-boat U-553 - German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net|website=uboat.net|accessdate=31 May 2018}} |
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| | U-1226 | style="text-align:center;"|1944 | {{cite web|url=http://uboat.net/boats/u1226.htm|title=The Type IXC/40 U-boat U-1226 - German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net|website=uboat.net|accessdate=31 May 2018}} |
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| | Africa | style="text-align:center;"|1883 | somewhere between New York City and Leith |
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| | America | style="text-align:center;"|1882 | somewhere between New York City and Hamburg |
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| | Apollo | style="text-align:center;"|1894 | somewhere between New York City and Antwerp |
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|HMS | Atalanta | style="text-align:center;"|1880 | somewhere between Bermuda and England[http://www.memorials.inportsmouth.co.uk/churches/st_anns/atalanta.htm Memorials & Monuments in St Ann's Church – HMS Atalanta] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080316202136/http://www.memorials.inportsmouth.co.uk/churches/st_anns/atalanta.htm |date=16 March 2008 }} |
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|SS | City of Boston | style="text-align:center;"|1870 | somewhere between New York City and Liverpool |
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|SS | City of Glasgow | style="text-align:center;"|1854 | somewhere between Liverpool and Philadelphia{{cite web |title=North Atlantic passenger steamship losses 1841 to 1978 |website=TheShipsList |url=http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/Wrecks/nalosses.htm |accessdate=29 March 2008 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080429022634/http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/Wrecks/nalosses.htm |archivedate=29 April 2008}} |
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| | City of Limerick | style="text-align:center;"|1882 | somewhere between New York City and London |
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| | City of London | style="text-align:center;"|1881 | somewhere between London and New York City |
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| | Colombo | style="text-align:center;"|1876 | somewhere between Hull and New York City |
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|USS | Cyclops | style="text-align:center;"|1918 | somewhere in the Bermuda TriangleBook: "The Bermuda Triangle" by Charles Berlitz |
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|USS | Epervier | style="text-align:center;"|1815 | {{cite web|url=http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/e4/epervier.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040315045849/http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/e4/epervier.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 March 2004|title=Epervier|website=navy.mil|accessdate=31 May 2018}} |
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| | Erin | style="text-align:center;"|1889 | somewhere between New York City and London |
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| | Henry Edye | style="text-align:center;"|1881 | somewhere between Antwerp and New York City |
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| | Hermann Ludwig | style="text-align:center;"|1878 | somewhere between New York City and Antwerp |
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| | Humber | style="text-align:center;"|1885 | somewhere between New York City and London |
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| | Huronian | style="text-align:center;"|1902 | somewhere between Glasgow and Saint John, New Brunswick |
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|SS | Ismailia | style="text-align:center;"|1873 | somewhere between New York City and Glasgow |
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|FV | Johannes Krüss | style="text-align:center;"|1967 | somewhere west of Cape Farewell, Greenland{{cite news|url=http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/print/d-46437713.html|title=SCHIFFAHRT / JOHANNES KRÜSS: Marmoriert kraus|newspaper=Der Spiegel |date=20 March 1967|accessdate=31 May 2018|via=Spiegel Online}} |
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| | København | style="text-align:center;"|1928–1929 | somewhere between Buenos Aires and Australia (also listed under Indian Ocean) |
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| | Ludwig | style="text-align:center;"|1883 | somewhere between Antwerp and Montreal |
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| | Madagascar | style="text-align:center;"|1853 | somewhere between Port Phillip and London[http://calisto.slv.vic.gov.au/latrobejournal/issue/latrobe-67/t1-g-t2.html The Lost Gold Ship – No 67 Autumn 2001 – La Trobe Journal] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080309164026/http://calisto.slv.vic.gov.au/latrobejournal/issue/latrobe-67/t1-g-t2.html |date=9 March 2008 }} (also listed under Indian Ocean) |
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| | Mercator | style="text-align:center;"|1880 | somewhere between Antwerp and New York City |
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| | Merrimac | style="text-align:center;"|1899 | somewhere between Quebec City and Belfast |
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| | Moy | style="text-align:center;"|1905 | somewhere between British Guiana and Liverpool |
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|MS | München | style="text-align:center;"|1978 | somewhere around {{coord|44|N|24|W}}{{cite web|url=http://www.seefunknetz.de/deat.htm|title=Seefunkstelle Lashcarrier München / DEAT|first=Heinrich|last=Busch|website=seefunknetz.de|accessdate=31 May 2018}} (missing wreck) |
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|SS | Naronic | style="text-align:center;"|1893 | somewhere between Point Lynas, Wales and New York City |
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| | Neustria | style="text-align:center;"|1908 | somewhere between New York City and Marseille |
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| | Neva | style="text-align:center;"|1887 | somewhere between Banyuwangi and Lisbon (also listed under Indian Ocean) |
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| | Pacific | style="text-align:center;"|1856 | somewhere between Liverpool and New York City |
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| | Pauillac | style="text-align:center;"|1900 | somewhere between Glasgow and Saint John, New Brunswick |
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| | President | style="text-align:center;"|1841 | somewhere between New York City and Liverpool |
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| | De Ruyter | style="text-align:center;"|1894 | somewhere between Antwerp and New York City |
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| | Shannon | style="text-align:center;"|1872 | somewhere between Montreal and Liverpool |
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| | Shannon | style="text-align:center;"|1885 | somewhere between London and Calcutta (also listed under Indian Ocean) |
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| | Spray | style="text-align:center;"|1909 | somewhere between Vineyard Haven, United States and Venezuela{{cite web |title=Dudley Dix on seaworthiness |url=http://www.smallcraftadvisor.com/seaworthiness.html |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080430113013/http://www.smallcraftadvisor.com/seaworthiness.html |archivedate=30 April 2008 |website=smallcraftadvisor.com}} |
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| | Tempest | style="text-align:center;"|1857 | somewhere between New York City and Glasgow |
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| | Titania | style="text-align:center;"|1882 | somewhere between New York City and Newcastle |
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| | Trojan | style="text-align:center;"|1874 | somewhere between Glasgow and Halifax |
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| | United Kingdom | style="text-align:center;"|1869 | somewhere between New York City and Glasgow |
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| | Vorsetzen | style="text-align:center;"|1885 | somewhere between Halifax and Antwerp |
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| | København | style="text-align:center;"|1928–1929 | somewhere between Buenos Aires and Australia (also listed under Atlantic Ocean) |
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| | Madagascar | style="text-align:center;"|1853 | somewhere between Port Phillip and London (also listed under Atlantic Ocean) |
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| | Neva | style="text-align:center;"|1887 | somewhere between Banyuwangi and Lisbon (also listed under Atlantic Ocean) |
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| | Shannon | style="text-align:center;"|1885 | somewhere between London and Calcutta (also listed under Atlantic Ocean) |
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| | Burmah | style="text-align:center;"|1859/60 | somewhere between London and New Zealand (last seen near 97E 48S) |
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|HMS | Stonehenge | style="text-align:center;"|1944 | somewhere in Bay of Bengal or Andaman Sea{{cite web|url=http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/3449.html|title=HMS Stonehenge (P 232) of the Royal Navy - British Submarine of the S class - Allied Warships of WWII - uboat.net|website=uboat.net|accessdate=31 May 2018}} |
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| MV | MV Kairali | style="text-align:center;"|1979 | somewhere 500 km off Margoa, India[http://archive.tehelka.com/story_main7.asp?filename=Ne100904HER_HEART.asp 25 years since the Kairali sunk] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141017015552/http://archive.tehelka.com/story_main7.asp?filename=Ne100904HER_HEART.asp |date=17 October 2014 }} |
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| | SS Canastota | style="text-align:center;"|1921 | somewhere between Sydney and Wellington{{cite web|url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?50574|title=Wrecksite website|website=wrecksite.eu|accessdate=31 May 2018}} |
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