List of shipwreck sites which are popular amongst scuba divers for wreck diving, arranged by geographical distribution.
North Atlantic
Ireland , Baltimore, County Cork
United Kingdom – The Royal Navy's first British-designed submarine – A-class submarine of the Royal Navy – German ship wrecked at the Farne Islands in 1921. Now a dive site – Greek registered freighter sunk off Dorset after a collision
– Canadian cargo ship, sunk off the Needles during World War II
, Cornwall, United Kingdom
List of shipwrecks of the Isles of Scilly, Cornwall
United States
, 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.
Caribbean Sea
Aruba
Bonaire
British Virgin Islands
Cayman Islands
Curaçao ,
Grenada
Mexico
Mustique
Florida Eagle, Islamorada, Florida USNS General Hoyt S. Vandenberg, Key West, Florida USS Oriskany, Pensacola, Florida USS Spiegel Grove, Florida Keys, Florida USCGS Bibb, Florida Keys, Florida USCGS Duane, Florida Keys, Florida USCGC Blackthorn, Tampa Bay, Florida
Mediterranean Sea Adriatic
SMS Zenta SS Tiffany
Cyprus Constandis Lady Thetis Zenobia
Italy Haven
Malta Cominoland Imperial Eagle Karwela HMS Maori P29 P31 Rozi St. Michael Tug No. 10 Tug No. 2 Um El Faroud X127 Xlendi
Greece HMS Britanic
North Carolina, Outer Banks
U-352 USS Monitor USS Tarpon USS Yancey USS Schurz (SMS Geier) USCGC Spar USS Indra SS Papoose USS Aeolus SS Dixie Arrow
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 , Queensland, Australia HMAS Canberra, Victoria, Australia , 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 - aircraft carrier - battleship - attack transport - attack transport - destroyer - destroyer - submarine - submarine - battleship - light cruiser
Guam
American Tanker, WWII American concrete barge in Apra Harbor Aratama Maru, a WWII Japanese military transport in Talofofo Bay , WWI German merchant raider in Apra Harbor Kitsugawa Maru, a WWII Japanese transport in Apra Harbor Tokai Maru, WWII Japanese passenger-cargo ship in Apra Harbor
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 Rosalie Moller, Egypt INS Sufa, Israel The Umbria Wreck, Sudan (an Italian vessel which sank or was scuttled on June 9, 1940). The Toyota Wreck (Blue Belt Wreck), Sudan (a cargo ship containing Toyota vehicles which, in 1977, collided with Sha'ab Suedi Reef). The Continental Shelf Station Two (Conshelf II), Sudan (the remains of an underwater habitat constructed between 1962 and 1965 by the French oceanographer Jacques-Yves Cousteau).(Adil Sidahmed. Ahmed, 2025).
Freshwater Shipwrecks
Great Lakes List of shipwrecks in the Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary RMS Empress of Ireland, Saint Lawrence River SS America, Lake Superior SS Carl D. Bradley, Lake Michigan SS Cedarville, Lake Huron SS D.R.Hanna, Lake Huron SS Eber Ward, Lake Michigan SS Ironsides, Lake Michigan SS Isaac M. Scott, Lake Huron SS Pewabic, Lake Huron , Lake Michigan SS Regina, Lake Huron SS Vienna, Lake Superior
See also
References Notes