List of shipwrecks of France
Aquitaine
Ship | Flag | Sunk date | Notes | Coordinates |
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U-180 | Kriegsmarine | 23 August 1944 | A Type IXD1 U-boat sunk off Soorts-Hossegor. | 44.000°N 2.000°W |
Brittany
Ship | Flag | Sunk date | Notes | Coordinates |
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SS Ajax | Denmark | 25 December 1917 | A cargo ship that was torpedoed by U-104 south of Audierne. | 47°53′N 4°32′W |
HMS Amazon | Royal Navy | 14 January 1797 | A frigate that ran aground at Audierne. | |
HMS Amfitrite | Royal Navy | 4 March 1807 | A frigate wrecked off Ushant. | |
MV Amoco Cadiz | Liberia | 16 March 1978 | A supertanker that ran aground at Portsall, causing an oil spill. | 48.6°N 4.7°W |
HMS Arethusa | Royal Navy | 19 March 1779 | Royal Navy frigate, wrecked off Ushant after sustaining considerable damage in a battle with the French ship Aigrette. | 48°27′4″N 5°4′4″W |
Asgard II | Ireland | 11 September 2008 | A brigantine that sank off Belle Île. | 47°18′03″N 3°33′02″W |
HMCS Athabaskan | Royal Canadian Navy | 29 April 1944 | A Tribal-class destroyer that was torpedoed by T24 off Plouguerneau. | 48°43′N 4°32′W |
Auguste | French Navy | 29 January 1795 | A ship of the line caught in a tempest off Brest. | |
MS Böhlen | East Germany | 14 Octobre 1976 | An oil tanker that sank after going aground off the Île de Sein | 48°10′30″N 5°10′48″W |
HMS Charybdis | Royal Navy | 23 October 1943 | A Dido-class cruiser that was sunk by German torpedo boats off the north coast of Brittany. | 48°59′N 3°39′W |
Droits de l'Homme | France | 1797 | Sunk after going aground off Plozévet. | |
SS Empire Conyngham | United Kingdom | 20 June 1949 | A cargo ship that was scuttled off Brest. | 47°52′N 8°51′W |
MV Erika | Malta | 12 December 1999 | An oil tanker that sank in the Bay of Biscay, causing an oil spill. | 47°9′N 4°15′W |
HMS Firm | Royal Navy | 29 June 1811 | A gun-brig wrecked off Cancalle Bay. | |
France | French Navy | 26 August 1922 | A Courbet-class battleship that struck a rock in Quiberon Bay. | 47°27′6″N 3°2′0″W |
USS Gypsum Queen | United States Navy | 28 April 1919 | A tugboat that struck a rock off Brest. | |
SS Hilda | United Kingdom | 18 December 1905 | A steamship that hit the Pierre de Portes rocks in thick fog and sank off Saint-Malo. | 48°40.49′N 2°5.72′W |
SS London | United Kingdom | 11 January 1864 | Sunk in a storm in the Bay of Biscay. | |
HMS Magnificent | Royal Navy | 25 March 1804 | A Ramillies-class ship of the line that struck a reef off Brest. | |
HMS Monkey (1801) | Royal Navy | 25 December 1810 | A gun-brig wrecked on Belle Île while participating in the blockade of Lorient. | |
Neptune | French Navy | 28 December 1794 | A ship of the line wrecked off Brest during the Croisière du Grand Hiver. | |
HMS Repulse | Royal Navy | 10 March 1800 | An Intrepid-class ship of the line abandoned in the Glénan islands. | |
Royal Louis | French Navy | 24 December 1794 | A ship of the line that ran aground off Brest. | |
Saint-Esprit | French Navy | 30 January 1795 | A Saint-Esprit-class ship of the line wrecked off Brest during Croisière du Grand Hiver. | |
Séduisant | French Navy | 16 December 1796 | A Séduisant-class ship of the line wrecked off Brest. | |
Superbe | French Navy | 30 January 1795 | A Téméraire-class ship of the line wrecked off Brest during the Croisière du Grand Hiver. | |
U-103 | Imperial German Navy | 12 May 1918 | A German submarine that was rammed by RMS Olympic off Brest. | 49°16′N 4°51′W |
U-171 | Kriegsmarine | 9 October 1942 | A Type IXC U-boat that was sunk near Lorient. | 47°39′N 03°34′W |
U-441 | Kriegsmarine | 8 June 1944 | A Type VIIC U-boat that was sunk off Ushant. | 48°27′N 05°47′W |
U-526 | Kriegsmarine | 14 April 1943 | A Type IXC/40 U-boat that was sunk by mines near Lorient. | 47°30′N 03°45′W |
U-767 | Kriegsmarine | 18 June 1944 | A Type VIIC U-boat that was sunk by British destroyers north of Tréguier. | 49°03′N 03°13′W |
U-821 | Kriegsmarine | 10 June 1944 | A Type VIIC U-boat that was sunk by aircraft off Ushant. | 48°31′N 05°11′W |
UC-36 | Imperial German Navy | 21 May 1917 | A German Type UC II U-boat that was rammed by French steamer Molière off Ushant. | 48°42′N 05°14′W |
Channel Islands
Ship | Flag | Sunk date | Notes | Coordinates |
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HMS Affray | Royal Navy | 16 April 1951 | An Amphion-class submarine lost near Hurds Deep. | 49°30′N 3°34′W |
SMS Baden | Royal Navy | 16 August 1921 | A Bayern-class dreadnought sunk as a target in Hurd Deep. | 49°49′42″N 2°23′21″W |
HMS Dragon | Royal Navy | 15 March 1712 | A frigate that served in the Anglo-Dutch Wars, and was wrecked near Guernsey. | |
HMS Lady Olive | Royal Navy | 19 February 1917 | A Q ship that was sunk by SM UC-18 west of Jersey. | 49°15′N 02°34′W |
SS Stella | United Kingdom | 30 March 1899 | A passenger ferry that hit a granite reef off the Casquets. | |
UC-18 | Imperial German Navy | 19 February 1917 | A German minelaying submarine sunk by Q ship Lady Olive west of Jersey. | 49°15′N 02°34′W |
Corsica
Ship | Flag | Sunk date | Notes | Coordinates |
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HMS Fleche | Royal Navy | 12 November 1795 | A corvette that ran aground and capsized in the bay of Saint-Florent. | |
HMS Saracen | Royal Navy | 14 August 1943 | An S-class submarine that was attacked by Italian corvettes and scuttled off Bastia. | 42°45′N 9°30′E |
Languedoc-Roussillon
Ship | Flag | Sunk date | Notes | Coordinates |
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Wreck of Rochelongue | A shipwreck found west of Cap d'Agde dating to the Iron Age, around 600 BC. |
Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Ship | Flag | Sunk date | Notes | Coordinates |
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SS Abukir | United Kingdom | 28 May 1940 | A steamship that was torpedoed by S-34 northeast of Calais, while evacuating soldiers and civilians from Ostend. | 51.20°N 2.16°E |
L'Adroit | French Navy | 25 May 1940 | A L'Adroit-class destroyer that was bombed by German aircraft off Dunkirk. | 51°03′N 2°23′E |
HMS Assistance | Royal Navy | 29 March 1802 | A fourth-rate ship that hit a sandbank off Dunkirk. | |
Elizabeth | 28 December 1810 | A cargo ship wrecked on the Dunkirk brake, with at least 380 deaths. | ||
HMS Grenade | Royal Navy | 29 May 1940 | A G-class destroyer that was sunk by German Stuka dive bomber aircraft during the Battle of Dunkirk. | 51°24′28″N 2°49′10″E |
HMS Havant | Royal Navy | 1 June 1940 | A H-class destroyer that was scuttled after taking damage in the Battle of Dunkirk. | 51°08′00″N 2°15′49″E |
HMS Hermes | Royal Navy | 31 October 1914 | A Highflyer-class cruiser torpedoed by German submarine U-27. | 51°06′18″N 1°50′18″E |
HMS Keith | Royal Navy | 1 June 1940 | A B-class destroyer sunk at Dunkirk by enemy aircraft. | 51°04′46″N 02°26′47″E |
HMS Laforey | Royal Navy | 23 March 1917 | A Laforey-class destroyer that hit a mine off Cap Gris Nez. | |
SS Huntley | United Kingdom | 21 November 1915 | A German hospital ship seized by the British Navy, and torpedoed by UB-10 off Boulogne. | |
U-109 | Imperial German Navy | 26 January 1918 | A German submarine sunk in the English Channel. | 50°53′N 1°31′E |
UC-26 | Imperial German Navy | 8 May 1917 | A German minelaying submarine rammed by HMS Milne off Calais. | 51°03′N 01°40′E |
UC-61 | Imperial German Navy | 26 July 1917 | A German minelaying submarine stranded and scuttled off Boulogne. | 50°53′N 01°33′E |
UC-79 | Imperial German Navy | 1918 | A German minelaying submarine sunk by a mine off Cap Gris Nez. |
Normandy
Pays de la Loire
Poitou-Charentes
Ship | Flag | Sunk date | Notes | Coordinates |
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HMS Atalante | Royal Navy | 12 February 1807 | A brig-sloop wrecked off Île de Ré. | |
U-107 | Kriegsmarine | 18 August 1944 | A Type IXB U-boat sunk by depth charges off La Rochelle. | 46°46′N 03°49′W |
U-263 | Kriegsmarine | 20 January 1944 | A Type VIIC U-boat that was sunk during a deep dive trial off La Rochelle. | 46°06′N 01°36′W |
U-667 | Kriegsmarine | 25 August 1944 | A Type VIIC U-boat that struck a mine off Oléron. | 46°00′N 01°30′W |
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Ship | Flag | Sunk date | Notes | Coordinates |
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Espingole | French Navy | 4 February 1903 | A Durandal-class destroyer that struck a rock near Cavalaire-sur-Mer. | 43°09′20″N 06°36′30″E |
Héros | French Navy | 18 December 1793 | A ship of the line that was scuttled by fire at Toulon. | |
L'Indomptable | Vichy French Navy | 27 November 1942 | A Le Fantasque-class destroyer that was scuttled at Toulon to avoid capture (see Scuttling of the French fleet in Toulon). | |
Madrague de Giens | 75-60 BC | A Roman merchantman sunk off the coast of La Madrague de Giens, east of Toulon. | 43°2′N 06°6′E | |
Magenta | French Navy | 31 October 1875 | An ironclad warship that exploded in the military harbour of Toulon. | |
U-303 | Kriegsmarine | 21 May 1943 | A Type VIIC U-boat that was torpedoed by HMS Sickle off Toulon. | 42°50′N 06°00′E |
References
- "Le HMS Dafodil ou TF3" (in French). Grieme. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
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