List Of Shipwrecks Of The Isles Of Scilly

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1600-1699

18 January 1665 — '' Royal Oak '', cargo ship

1700-1799

22 October 1707 — HMS ''Association'' , HMS ''Eagle'' , HMS ''Romney'' and HMS ''Firebrand''

13 June 1743 — VOC ''Hollandia'' , cargo ship

10 December 1798 — HMS ''Colossus'' , British naval vessel

1800-1899

4 January 1841 — SS ''Thames'' , British steamship

18 January 1874 — ''Minnehaha'' , cargo ship

17 May 1875 — SS ''Schiller'' , German ferry

1900-1914

17 December 1907 — '' Thomas W Lawson '', bulk oil carrier

10 April 1910 — SS ''Minnehaha'' , first-class liner, later refloated

World War I

1 May 1915 — '' Gulflight '', American tanker, later refloated

11 May 1917 — SS ''Italia'' , a steamer, and SS ''Lady Charlotte'' , a Collier ship

6 December 1917 — USS ''Jacob Jones'' , American destroyer

1918-1939

20 January 1921 — HMS ''K5'' , British submarine

World War II

1 September 1944 — '' U-247 '', German U-boat

18 December 1944 — '' U-1209 '', German U-boat

21 January 1945 — '' U-1199 '', German U-boat

24 February 1945 — '' Oriskany '', fruit cargo ship, '' U-1208 '' and '' U-480 '', German U-boats

10 March 1945 — '' U-681 '', German U-boat

1945-1999

18 March 1967 — '' Torrey Canyon '', supertanker

August 1979 — Fastnet Race , many racing yachts sank in extreme weather

26 March 1997 — MV ''Cita'' , German cargo ship

16 May 1997 — passenger ship MS ''Albatros'' , sustained 200-foot gash, later repaired

1 October 1999 — '' Rachel Harvey '', fishing boat, later refloated

2000-Present

29 March 2000 — sailing vessel '' Team Philips '', front section of hull broke off, later repaired

SEE ALSO

List Of Shipwrecks

List Of U-boats

List Of United Kingdom Disasters By Death Toll

Sikorsky S-61 Disaster 1983 (helicopter crash off the Isles of Scilly)

REFERENCES

Larn, Richard & Carter, Clive (1993). ''Shipwrecks of the Scilly Isles''. Shipwreck & Marine. ISBN 0946537844.