Ships & Passenger Lists » Shipwrecks

Sinking of the SS Golden Gate

Sinking of the SS Golden Gate in 1862 off Manzanilla, Mexico on its way to Panama from San Francisco. Includes a list of the 338 passengers on board, including lists of survivors and the 180 who died in the fire and sinking.

South African Shipwrecks & Shipping Accidents (Facebook)

Southern African Lighthouses & Shipwrecks (Facebook)

Steamer 'City of Dunedin' - Mysterious Sinking (Wayback Machine)

Events surrounding the shipwreck of the paddle steamer 'City of Dunedin' on May 20, 1865 in Cook Strait, NZ. Crew and passenger list. Information on other wrecks.

The Clallam Disaster

On the 8th of January 1904 the ferry Clallam foundered and sunk with the lost of 54 people.

The Great Lakes Shipwreck File: Total Losses of Great Lakes Ships 1679 - 1999

Online searchable database of shipwrecks.

The Halifax Explosion

On December 6, 1917, in the midst of the Great War, a French munitions ship caught fire in Halifax harbor. The subsequent explosion flattened much of Halifax, killed 2,000 people and injured 9,000 more.

The Loss of HMS Captain - September 1870

Includes family stories and genealogies about the victims & survivors of the sinking of the Royal Navy's HMS Captain which went down off the coast of Cape Finisterre on September 7, 1870.

The Official RMS Republic Website

Detailed study of the facts surrounding the sinking of the RMS Republic, the largest vessel in history to sink to her day, succeeded only three years later by the Titanic.

The S/S Atlantic of the White Star Line, disaster in 1873

Includes a listing of the the Norwegian and Scandinavian passengers on the ship when it went down off Halifax in 1873.

The Volturno Ship Disaster - October 1913

The White Swan Incident | the shipwreck that could have sunk a government

Shipwreck on the coast of New Zealand in 1862. Includes passenger list and biography of Scottish Captain George MUNDLE (1835-1881).

VOC Shipwrecks

Dutch East India Company Ships and Shipwrecks.Lots of information on The Golden Age of Dutch Discoverers and Sailors. Through reading the stories on more than 650 ships of the Dutch VOC which were wrecked or captured, much can be learned about Dutch and world history.