List of shipwrecks in the Atlantic Ocean
Summary
This is a partial list of shipwrecks which occurred in the Atlantic Ocean. The list includes ships that sank, foundered, grounded, or were otherwise lost. The Atlantic Ocean is here defined in its widest sense, to include its marginal seas: the Baltic Sea, the Black Sea, the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico, the English Channel, the Labrador Sea, the Mediterranean Sea, the mid-Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea, the North Channel, the Norwegian Sea, and the waters of West Africa.
Originally created by DoctorKubla
6/3/2012, 7:10:00 AM
Modified
5/24/2026, 11:32:36 PM
Recent revisions
/* English Channel */ refs on other pages indicate ship sunk in 1918, not 1917
/* Mid-Atlantic */
/* Norwegian Sea */ Added shipwreck.
Merged some cells to reduce memory usage.
/* Bay of Biscay */ Did a fix with coordinates. Name was listed wrong and there was another error which was fixed.
Grammar
/* Mediterranean Sea */ Clarification.
/* Mediterranean Sea */ Clean-up.
/* Labrador Sea */ Corrected flags.
/* North Sea */ fix link
wikify; copy edit
dab
/* Gulf of Mexico */ Merged a cell.
[[MOS:GEO]]
ref fix
avoid redirect
/* Black Sea */ grammar
/* Caribbean Sea */ Added shipwreck.
fix cite
