List of missing ships

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SS Waratah and its 211 crew and passengers were never heard from after 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 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, if indeed 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.

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.

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North America

Canada
Newfoundland and Labrador Prefix Ship Year Possible or Last Known Location SS Arctic 1854 somewhere off Cape Race, Newfoundland (missing Wreck) Nova Scotia Prefix Ship Year Possible or Last Known Location FV Andrea Gail 1991 somewhere off Sable Island L'Acadien II 2008 somewhere off Cape Breton (missing wreck)

Undetermined Area

Prefix Ship Year Possible or Last Known Location USS Albany 1854 somewhere in Caribbean Sea USS Cyclops 1918 somewhere between Barbados and Baltimore, Maryland Danube 1892 somewhere between Guadeloupe and New York City HMS Heureux 1800 somewhere between the Caribbean and Halifax USS Insurgent 1800 somewhere in Caribbean Sea USS Lynx 1820 somewhere between St. Mary's, Georgia and Kingston, Jamaica USS Nereus 1941 USS Pickering 1800 somewhere between Newcastle, Delaware and Guadeloupe USS Proteus 1941 somewhere in Caribbean Sea USS Saratoga 1781 somewhere in Caribbean Sea Java 1869 en route to Yokohama

South America

Prefix	Ship	Year	Possible or Last known location
	Maratonga	2015	Traveling from Virginia to the Azores
	Tunante II	2014	Traveling from Buenos Aires to Rio

TUNANTE II 2014 traveling from Buenos Aires to Rio du Jaineiro

Antarctica

Prefix	Ship	Year	Possible or Last Known Location
MV	Explorer	2007	Approximately halfway between King George Island and D'Urville Island in the Bransfield Strait (missing wreck)

Asia

India
Prefix Ship Year Possible or Last Known Location SS Vaitarna 1888 somewhere off the coast of Saurashtra in Arabian Sea

Philippines
Prefix Ship Year Possible or Last Known Location USS Grayling 1943 somewhere off Manila or in Lingayen Gulf

Undetermined Area
Prefix Ship Year Possible or Last Known Location USS Porpoise 1854 somewhere off the coast of China or Taiwan USS Snook 1945 somewhere between South China Sea and Luzon Strait

Europe

Undetermined Area

Prefix Ship Year Possible or Last Known Location Unterseeboot U-1 1940 somewhere in North Sea Unterseeboot U-22 1940 somewhere in Skagerrak Strait Unterseeboot U-54 1940 somewhere in North Sea Unterseeboot U-122 1940 somewhere between North Sea and Bay of Biscay Unterseeboot U-240 1944 somewhere in North Sea west of Norway Unterseeboot U-337 1943 somewhere around Unterseeboot U-376 1943 somewhere in Bay of Biscay Unterseeboot U-398 1945 somewhere in Ligurian Sea Unterseeboot U-455 1944 somewhere in the Mediterranean Sea Unterseeboot U-479 1944 somewhere in Gulf of Finland Unterseeboot U-519 1943 somewhere in Bay of Biscay Schooner Cymric 1943 Last seen 24 February 1943 off Dublin en route to Lisbon vanished with crew of 11 Unterseeboot U-703 1944 somewhere in Norwegian Sea Unterseeboot U-745 1945 somewhere in Gulf of Finland (missing wreck) Unterseeboot U-703 1944 somewhere in Norwegian Sea Eurydice 1970 somewhere in the Mediterranean Sea Gibraltar 1867 reportedly sunk in English Channel (missing wreck) HMS Seahorse 1940 somewhere in Heligoland Bight (missing wreck) HMS Snapper 1941 somewhere in Bay of Biscay

Oceania

Australia

New South Wales Prefix Ship Year Possible or Last Known Location Awahou 1952 somewhere between Sydney and Lord Howe Island Whale 1816 somewhere between Sydney and the Hawkesbury Northern Territory Prefix Ship Year Possible or Last Known Location Nft West 1989 somewhere in Arafura Sea Peron 1948 somewhere near Darwin Phoenix 1950 somewhere between Truscott and Darwin Queensland Prefix Ship Year Possible or Last Known Location Douglas Mawson 1923 somewhere between Cairns and Thursday Island Morning Star 1814 somewhere off Booby Island South Australia Prefix Ship Year Possible or Last Known Location Tasmania Prefix Ship Year Possible or Last Known Location Albion somewhere between Table Cape and Circular Head Amelia J. 1920 somewhere around the Furneaux Group Argo 1814 somewhere off the coast Awarau 1891 somewhere off Macquarie Island Celestia 1887 somewhere between Russell, New Zealand and Hobart Chris 1903 somewhere between Hobart and Adventure Bay City of Hobart 1873 somewhere between Hobart and Blackman's Bay Despatch 1826 somewhere off Cape Pillar Elizabeth Radcliff 1850 Fleetwing 1876 John Leslie Griffiths 1880 somewhere around King Island Louisa 1882 somewhere around Fortescue Bay Omega 1921 somewhere between Hobart and Lyttelton, New Zealand Reindeer 1862 somewhere around the Kent Group (missing wreck) Resolution 1832 somewhere between Launceston and Twofold Bay Southern Cross 1908 somewhere around the Furneaux Group (unconfirmed wreck) Unity 1813 somewhere off the coast Victoria Prefix Ship Year Possible or Last Known Location Flying Duck 1876 somewhere off Swan Island (unidentified/missing wreck) Western Australia Prefix Ship Year Possible or Last Known Location Patanella 1988 somewhere off Sydney Harbour (Suspected destroyed by a freighter at night, debris was found. ) Undetermined Area Prefix Ship Year Possible or Last Known Location Grecian Queen 1863 somewhere between Newcastle and Melbourne (unidentified/missing wreck) John 1806 somewhere between King Island and Sydney Jumna 1881 somewhere between Hobart and Fremantle Lady Franklin 1838 somewhere between Sydney and Hobart Maid of Australia 1834 somewhere between Port Arthur and Port Philip Port Phillip Packet 1838 somewhere between Launceston and Port Phillip Bay Princess Charlotte 1820 somewhere between Hobart and Sydney Raven 1806 HMS Sappho 1858 somewhere in Bass Strait Senorita 1854 somewhere between Sydney and Hobart Venus 1803 somewhere between Sydney and southern New Zealand Vivid 1854 somewhere between Melbourne and Circular Head, Tasmania Yarra Yarra 1838 somewhere between Launceston and Port Phillip Bay

Northern Mariana Islands
Prefix Ship Year Possible or Last Known Location USS Gudgeon 1944 near Maug Islands, or unconfirmed sinking southeast of Iwo Jima at (missing wreck)

New Zealand
Prefix Ship Year Possible or Last Known Location General Grant 1866 off western shore of Auckland Island, (missing wreck)

Solomon Islands
Prefix Ship Year Possible or Last Known Location USS Grampus 1943 probably sunk in Blackett Strait (missing wreck)

United States
Prefix Ship Year Possible or Last Known Location USS S-28 1944 somewhere off Oahu, Hawaii

Undetermined Area
Prefix Ship Year Possible or Last Known Location Active 1810 Tasman Sea Booya 1974 somewhere between Darwin to Dili

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.

Arctic Ocean
Prefix Ship Year Possible or Last Known Location Unterseeboot U-355 1944 Unterseeboot U-398 1945 possibly in North Sea as well (also listed under Europe)

Tasman Sea
Prefix Ship Year Possible or Last Known Location SS Canastota 1921 somewhere between Sydney and Wellington

See also

• List of shipwrecks
• List of unrecovered flight recorders