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HMS A1 – The Royal Navy's first British-designed submarine
HMS A3 – A-class submarine of the Royal Navy
USS Aaron Ward – Gleaves-class destroyer of the United States Navy
Abessinia – German ship wrecked at the Farne Islands in 1921. Now a dive site
USS Accokeek – Auxiliary ocean tug of the United States Navy,
Addo Elephant National Park Marine Protected Area – Marine conservation area in the Eastern Cape in South Africa
HMAS Adelaide – Frigate of the Royal Australian Navy, lead ship of the class
SS Admiral Sampson – American-flagged cargo and passenger steamship
MV Adolphus Busch – Ship sunk off of Looe Key, Florida, as an artificial reef and dive site
Aeolian Sky – Greek registered freighter sunk off Dorset after a collision
USS Aeolus – Attack cargo ship converted into a cable repair ship
Agat World War II Amtrac – Sunken amphibious tracked landing vehicle
SS Ajax – Cargo steamship that was built in Germany in 1923
Albert C. Field – Canadian cargo ship, sunk off the Needles during World War II
Akumal – Community in Quintana Roo state, Mexico
USS Algol – Andromeda-class attack cargo ship
SS Algoma – Screw steamer sunk on Lake Superior
Aliwal Shoal – A rocky reef off the coast of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Aliwal Shoal Marine Protected Area – Marine conservation area at Aliwal Shoal off the coast of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Alondra – English steamer wrecked off Ireland
Al Munassir – Amphibious warfare vessel operated by the Royal Navy of Oman
Alphard banks – Seamount on the Agulhas Bank
Amaryllis – Canadian cargo ship
Amed (Bali) – Group of fishing villages in Karangasem Regency on the north coast of Bali
SS America – Steam packet wrecked off Isle Royale in Lake Superior
USS Anderson – Sims-class destroyer
Andrea Doria – Genoa registered passenger liner of the Italian line sunk after a collision off Massachusetts
Anilao – Municipality in Batangas, PhilippinesPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets – Marine protected sanctuary in Mabini, Batangas
Antilla – Hamburg America Line cargo ship scuttled in 1940 off Aruba
Antilles – French cruise ship that ran aground and sank off Mustique
Apo Island – Volcanic island in Visayas, Philippines
Apo Reef – Coral reef in the Philippines
USS Apogon – Balao-class submarinePages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
SS Appomattox – Largest wooden steamship on the Great Lakes wrecked in 1905
Aquila – British built cargo ship sunk off Ambon
Aratama Maru – Japanese munitions transport ship sunk at Guam
Arctic – Tugboat which worked in the Great Lakes
USS Arkansas – Dreadnought battleship of the United States Navy
SS Arratoon Apcar – 19th-century British steamship that is now a wreck in Florida
Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park –
Marine protected area in the Cozumel reef system off Mexico
USS Arthur W. Radford – Spruance-class destroyer in the United States Navy
USS Atlanta – Atlanta-class light cruiser
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Bangaram Atoll – Atoll in the Union Territory of Lakshadweep, India
Bay of Pigs – Bay on the island of CubaPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
HMAS Bayonet – Attack-class patrol boat of the Royal Australian Navy
Belize Barrier Reef – Series of coral reefs straddling the coast of Belize
Bellubera – Ferry operated by the Port Jackson & Manly Steamship Company
SS Ben Doran – Steam fishing trawler that operated out of Aberdeen
SS Benwood – Steam cargo ship of the early twentieth century
Bianca C. – Passenger ship sunk off Grenada
USCGC Bibb – Secretary-Class Coast Guard ship
SS Binnendijk – Dutch cargo steamship sunk by a mine off Portland Bill in the English Channel
Biscayne National Park – American national park located south of Miami, Florida
HMSAS Bloemfontein – Algerine-class minesweeper built for the Royal Navy in Canada during World War II
Blue Grotto (Malta) – Sea caverns in Malta
Blue Hole (Red Sea) – Submarine sinkhole north of Dahab, Egypt
HMS Boadicea – B-class destroyer of the Royal Navy, sunk by enemy action in Lyme Bay
Boesmansgat – Sinkhole and dive site in South Africa
Bohol Sea – Marginal sea between the Visayas and Mindanao in the Philippines
Booya – Schooner wrecked in Darwin, Australia
BOS 400 – Recent wreck and dive site at Duiker Point on the Cape Peninsula west coast
Bottle Island – One of the Summer Isles in Loch Broom, Scotland
Bowie Seamount – Submarine volcano in the northeastern Pacific Ocean
Breda – Dutch ship sunk off Scotland in 1940, now a recreational dive site.
Brian Davis – Iris-class buoy tenderPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
HMAS Brisbane – Perth-class guided missile destroyer of the Royal Australian Navy sunk as a dive site off the Queensland coast
HMHS Britannic – Olympic-class ocean liner
Bud Bar – Artificial reef near Boynton Beach, Florida
Bullhead Point Historical and Archeological District – Historic district in Wisconsin, United States
Bunaken – Island at the northern tip of Sulawesi in Indonesia
Bunaken National Park – Marine park in the north of Sulawesi island, Indonesia
Bungsberg – German cargo ship sunk near Tallinn, Estonia
Byron – Schooner that sank in Lake Michigan
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Cagdanao – Island in the province of Palawan in the Philippines
Cahuita National Park – Terrestrial and marine national park in Costa Rica
Calve Island – Uninhabited island on the west coast of Scotland
HMAS Canberra – Adelaide class guided missile frigate of the Royal Australian Navy scuttled as dive site off Barwon Heads, Victoria
Cancún Underwater Museum – Underwater display of sculpture in Cancún, Mexico
HMCS Cape Breton – Royal Canadian Navy Cape-class maintenance ship
USCGC Cape Henlopen – Type "C" Cape-class coast guard cutter
Capernwray Dive Centre – Flooded quarry in Lancashire, England, used as a recreational dive site.
Captain Keith Tibbetts – Former Cuban Navy Koni II-class frigate scuttled in shallow water in Cayman Brac
Capurganá – Tourist destination of Colombia
Carl D. Bradley – Self-unloading Great Lakes freighter that sank in a Lake Michigan storm
USS Carlisle – Attack transport sunk at Bikini atoll
Carnatic – British steamship wrecked in the gulf of Suez
Carthaginian II – Steel sailing vessel sunk as artificial reef
SS Cayuga – American freighter, in service 1889–1895
SS Cedarville – Great lakes bulk carrier wrecked in a collision
Cenote – Natural pit or sinkhole that exposes groundwater underneath
SS Charles S. Price – Ship sunk in Lake Huron in 1913
HMCS Chaudière – Restigouche-class destroyer of the Royal Canadian Navy
ROCS Chen Hai – Casa Grande-class dock landing shipPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
Chesil Cove – Massive curved slope of shingle, at Chesil Beach in Dorset, England
SS Chester A. Congdon – American Great Lakes freighter 1907-1918
Cliff Villa Peninsula – Promontory in Bandabou, Curaçao
Cobb Seamount – Underwater volcano west of Grays Harbor, Washington, United States
Cod Hole – Dive site in Queensland, Australia
USCGC Comanche – Coast guard cutter
SS Comet – 1857 steamship, only treasure ship of Lake Superior
Constandis – Fishing vessel sunk as a recreational dive site in Limassol Bay, Cyprus
HMAS Coogee – Passenger ferry that briefly served as a Royal Australian Navy armed patrol vessel
SMS Cormoran – German armed merchant raider of WWI scuttled at Guam
HMS Coronation – 90-gun second-rate ship of the line of the English Royal Navy
Coron Bay – Bight in Palawan, Philippines
Coron Island – Island in the Calamian Islands in Palawan in the Philippines
Cozumel – Island in Quintana Roo, Mexico
Crusader – Australian Army amphibious operations support ship of World War II
USS Curb – Diver-class rescue and salvage shipPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
PS Cumberland – Wooden-hulled side paddlewheeler wrecked in Lake Superior
USCGC Cuyahoga – US Coast Guard Active-class patrol boat
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Daedalus Reef – Reef in the Egyptian Red Sea
MV Dania – Cargo ship scuttled as a dive site off Bamburi, Kenya
Daniel Lyons – Schooner that sank in Lake Michigan
David Tucker – Steel-hulled patrol boat of the 95-Foot or Cape class.Pages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
Dean's Blue Hole – Deep water-filled sinkhole in the Bahamas
Devil's Throat at Punta Sur – Underwater cave near Cozumel, Mexico
Dhilba Guuranda–Innes National Park – Protected area in the Yorke Peninsula, South Australia
MV Diamond knot – Cargo ship of the United States
Dinorwic quarry – Former slate quarry in north Wales
Diving in East Timor – Recreational diving region description
Diving in the Maldives – Recreational diving region description
Diving sites in Ko Tao – Region of Thailand known as a recreational diving destination
Dorothea Quarry ,
Nantlle Valley , Gwynedd, North Wales.
Dos Ojos – Flooded cave system at the coast of the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico
Dosthill quarry , near
Tamworth ,
Staffordshire
Dragon Hole – Deep underwater sinkhole in the South China Sea
SMS Dresden – German light cruiser scuttled in Scapa Flow
SS D.R. Hanna – 552-foot steel freighter that sank on Lake Huron in 1919
USCGC Duane – United States Coast Guard cutter
Dunraven – British cargo vessel wrecked in the Gulf of Suez
Dutch Springs ,
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
SS Dwight L. Moody – Liberty ship of WWII
Dzibilchaltun – Maya archaeological site with cenote in Yucatan, Mexico
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Eagle – Freighter sunk as an artificial reef in Florida
Eastfield – Ship sunk off Cornwall 1n 1917, now a dive site
SS Eber Ward – Package freighter sunk in the Straits of Mackinac
Eccleston Quarry – Flooded quarry used as a recreational dive site
Edithburgh jetty – Coastal town in South Australia
SS Edgar E Clark – American Liberty shipPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
Edmonds Underwater Park – Recreational dive site in Seattle, Washington
SS Egypt – Ocean liner which sunk in 1922
El Gouna – Egyptian Red Sea town
El Ikhwa Islands – Two islands in the Egyptian Red Sea
HMT Elk – British trawler sunk off Plymouth in 1940, now a recreational dive site.
Ellengowan – Schooner rigged single screw steamer which sank at moorings in Darwin, Australia
Elm Hole – Cave in Llangattock, Powys, WalesPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
Elphinstone Reef – Small reef in the Egyptian Red Sea
USS Emmons – Gleaves-class destroyerPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
SS Emperor – Canadian Great Lakes freighter 1910-1947
RMS Empress of Ireland – Ocean liner which sank near the mouth of the Saint Lawrence River after a collision
Engelbrecht Cave – Cave system in Mount Gambier, South Australia
SS Erie L. Hackley – Passenger and cargo ship that operated in Lake Michigan
SS Espagne – Belgian cargo ship sunk in English Channel
SS Etruria – Steel freighter that sank on Lake Huron in 1905
Eyemouth – Coastal town in Berwickshire Scotland
Ewens Ponds – Flooded sinkhole system in the south east of South Australia
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Hamilla Mitchell – Shipwreck and treasure recovery
Hand Deeps – Area of the English Channel off the south coast of Cornwall
Haql – City in Tabuk province, Saudi Arabia
MT Haven – Crude oil carrier that sank off the coast of Genoa, Italy in 1991
Heian Maru – Japanese ocean liner and auxiliary submarine tender.
SS Henry Chisholm – Wooden freighter wrecked in isle royale
MT Hephaestus – Bunkering oil tanker which ran aground off Qawra, Malta
Heron Island (Queensland) – Coral cay in Queensland, Australia
Hermann Künne – Type 1936-class destroyer
HMS Hermes – 1924 unique aircraft carrier
Herzogin Cecilie – German-built four-masted barque wrecked near Salcombe
SS Hesrer – Bulk-freighter steamship that sank in Lake Superior
Hillsea Point Rock – Group of pinnacles in the Rnglish Channel off Devon
Hilma Hooker – Shipwreck in Bonaire in the Caribbean Netherlands
Hispania – Swedish steamship wrecked in the Sound of Mull, now a dive site
Hluleka Marine Protected Area – Marine conservation area in the Eastern Cape in South Africa
HMAS Hobart – Former guided missile destroyer of the Royal Australian Navy scuttled off Yankalilla Bay in South Australia
Hoi Ha Wan – Bay in a marine park in Hong Kong
Hol Chan Marine Reserve – Marine reserve off the coast of Belize
Home – Two-masted schooner which sank in Lake Michigan
HMS Hood – Royal Sovereign-class battleship of the Royal Navy scuttled in Portland Harbour
Hotel Terme Millepini – Hotel with 40m deep underwater diving pool
Hranice Abyss – Flooded sinkhole near the town of Hranice, Czech Republic
SS Hydra – American steel-hulled Great Lakes bulk freighter,
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Igara – Bulk carrier wrecked off the east coast of Malaysia and partly salvaged
USS Indra – Landing craft repair ship built for the United States Navy during World War IIPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
Inland Sea, Gozo – Seawater lagoon on Gozo, Malta
SS Ironsides – Wooden-hulled American package freighter on Great Lakes service
SS Isaac M. Scott – American Great Lakes freighter
iSimangaliso Marine Protected Area – Marine conservation area in northern kwaZulu-Natal in South Africa
Island City – Schooner that sank in Lake Michigan
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HMS M2 – Royal Navy submarine monitor wrecked in Lyme Bay
HMCS Mackenzie – Mackenzie-class destroyer of the Royal Canadian Navy
Madeira – Barge that sank in Lake Superior in 1905
Magic Point – Coastal headland in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Maine – British ship sunk in 1917 near Dartmouth, Devon. Now a recreational dive site
Major General Wallace F. Randolph – Mine planter of The US Army
Makna, Saudi Arabia – A town in Tabuk provence of Saudi Arabia
Malgas Island Marine Protected Area – Marine conservation area on the west coast in the Western Cape province in South Africa
Malapascua – Island in the Philippines
Maloja – UK registered passenger steamship sunk by a mine off Dover
Maltese patrol boat P29 – Ship scuttled as dive site off Malta
Maltese patrol boat P31 – Minesweeper/patrol boat scuttled for use as a recreational dive site
The Manacles – Set of treacherous rocks off The Lizard peninsula in Cornwall
Mantanani Islands – Group of three islands off the north-west coast of Sabah, Malaysia
HMS Maori – Royal Navy Tribal class destroyer sunk in Malta
SS Manasoo – Canadian steamship launched in 1888
SS Maori – Shoreline historical wreck in Leeugat Bay on the Cape Peninsula west coast
Marguerite – French ship sunk in Lyme Bay in 1917. Now a dive site
Maritime Heritage Trail – Battle of Saipan – A group of WWII wrecks in the lagoon at Saipan in the Northern Mariana Islands
SMS Markgraf – German battleship scuttled in Scapa Flow
SS Marquette – Wooden-hulled, American Great Lakes freighter
Marsa Alam – Place in the Red Sea Governorate, Egypt
Martin's Haven – Bay in Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK,
SS Mauna Loa – Cargo steam-ship sunk in the bombing of Darwin
Mayflower – Wooden hulled scow schooner that sank in Lake Superior
USAT Meigs – United States Army transport ship sunk in Darwin Harbour
Memba Bay – Bay in Nampula Province, Mozambique
Mendi – Passenger steamship that sank after a collision south of the Isle of Wight
MV Mercedes I – Merchant ship built in 1952 in Hamburg, Germany
Merkanti Reef – Artificial reef at St. Julian's, Malta
USCGC Mesquite – Seagoing buoy tender scuttled in Lake Superior
Metamora – Wooden tug wrecked in the Georgian Bay area of Ontario
Michigan Underwater Preserves – Protected areas of the Great Lakes on Michigan's coast
SS Midland City – Canadian passenger and cargo vessel on the Great Lakes
Mikhail Lermontov – Soviet cruise liner wrecked in the Marlborough Sounds, New Zealand
SS Milwaukee – Great lakes train ferry that foundered in a storm
USS Mindanao – US Navy Luzon-class internal combustion engine repair ship in service 1943-1947
Minnedosa – Wooden Great Lakes schooner
SS Miowera – Passenger and refrigerated cargo liner
USS Mizpah – United States Navy patrol yachtPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
Miztac – Schooner barge sunk in Lake Superior
SS M.M. Drake – American steam barge that sank in Lake Superior
USCGC Mohawk – US Coastguard cutter sunk as artificial reef off south-west Florida
Mohegan – Steamer wrecked off the coast of the Lizard Peninsula, Cornwall
Molasses Reef – Coral reef located within the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
RMS Moldavia – British ship sunk in 1918 off Beachy Head, now a dive site
Molinere Underwater Sculpture Park – Collection of underwater contemporary art off Grenada in the Caribbean
Molnár János Cave – Water-filled cave in Budapest, Hungary
Molokini – Islet in Maui County, Hawaii
SS Monarch – Passenger-package freighter that sank in Lake Superior
USS Monitor – First ironclad of the US Navy, 1861–1862
SS Monrovia – French cargo ship
HMS Montagu – Pre-dreadnought battleship of the British Royal Navy wrecked on Lundy Island
Mount Storm Lake – Cooling water reservoir in West Virginia, U.S.
MV RMS Mulheim – German owned container ship wrecked at Land's End, United Kingdom
USS Muliphen – Andromeda-class attack cargo ship
SS Myron – Wooden steamship that sank in Lake Superior
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Oceana – Cargo and passenger ship sunk off Beachy Head after a collision
Octopus Hole – A designated conservation area on the Washington's Hood Canal.Pages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
Octopus Hole Conservation Area – A designated conservation area on the Washington's Hood Canal.
Ogof Agen Allwedd – Cave in Llangattock, Powys, Wales
Oite – Kamikaze-class destroyer built for the Imperial Japanese Navy during the 1920s
SS Onoko – Iron hulled Great Lakes freighter.
USS Oriskany – Essex class aircraft carrier sunk to create an artificial reef
Osborne Reef – Artificial reef off Fort Lauderdale, Florida, US
Oslofjord – Ocean liner sunk after hitting a mine off the River Tyne
Osprey Reef – Submerged atoll in the Coral Sea, northeast of Queensland, Australia
Ox Bel Ha – Flooded cave system in Quintana Roo, Mexico
Ozone – Paddle steamer built in Scotland in 1886
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P29 – Ship scuttled as dive site off Malta
P31 – Minesweeper/patrol boat scuttled for use as a recreational dive site
Palancar Reef – Coral reef off Cozumel, Mexico in the Caribbean sea
Palmwood shipwreck – 17th century shipwreck in the Netherlands
SS Panay – Passenger vessel built for the Great Western Railway
Panglao, Bohol – Municipality in Bohol, Philippines
SS Papoose – Oil tanker built in 1921
Pearl and Hermes Atoll – Atoll of Hawaii
Pearse Resurgence – Source of the Pearse Stream on Mt. Arthur, New Zealand South Island
Pedernales – Lake tanker damaged by a torpedo at Aruba, where part of the ship remains
Pedra da Risca do Meio Marine State Park – A state park in the state of Ceará, Brazil
HMS Pelorus (J291) – Algerine-class minesweeper built for the Royal Navy during World War II
Persier – British ship sunk in Plymouth Sound in 1945. Now a dive site
HMAS Perth – Guided missile destroyer of the Australian Navy, sunk as a dive site off Western Australia
Pescador Island – Island in Basdiot barangay, Moalboal, Cebu, the Philippines
Petit Saint Vincent – Island in St. Vincent and the Grenadines
SS Pewabic – Package freighter that served ports on the Upper Great Lakes
Picanninnie Ponds – Karst spring in South Australia
Piccaninnie Ponds Conservation Park – Protected area near Mount Gambier in South Australia
SAS Pietermaritzburg – Algerine-class minesweeper built for the Royal Navy during World War II
USS Pilotfish – Balao-class submarine sunk at Bikini atollPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
Piłsudski – Polish passenger ship sunk off the Yorkshire coast
SS Pioneer – Steam dredging ship
Pluragrotta – Flooded cave in Norway
USCGC Point Swift – United States Coast Guard cutterPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
Pollatoomary – Flooded cave in Ireland
Pondoland Marine Protected Area – Marine conservation area in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa
Pool Fisher – British merchant vessel that sank off the Isle of Wight
Poor Knights Islands – Group of islands and marine reserve off the east coast of new Zealand's North Island
Pope's Eye – Uncompleted foundation for an island fort at Port Philip, Victoria, Australia
Porteau Cove Provincial Park – Place in British Columbia, Canada
Porth Dafarch – Bay in western Anglesey, Wales
Port Hughes jetty – Coastal town in South Australia
SS Port Kembla – A steamer owned by the Commonwealth and Dominion Line
HMS Port Napier – Royal Navy minelayer destroyed in Loch Alsh, Scotland, by an explosion following an engine room fire
Port Noarlunga jetty – Coastal suburb of Adelaide, South Australia
Portsea Hole – A depression in the seafloor of Port Phillip near Portsea in Victoria, Australia
President Coolidge – American ocean liner sunk by mines in the New Hebrides
Preussen (ship) – German steel-hulled five-masted ship-rigged windjammer sunk in Crab Bay after a collision
Preußen – German steel-hulled five-masted ship-rigged windjammer sunk in Crab Bay after a collision
HMS Prince of Wales – 1941 King George V-class battleship of the Royal Navy
Protea banks – Reef about 7 km off the south coast of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Protea Banks Marine Protected Area – Marine conservation area in the coastal waters of southern kwaZulu-Natal in South Africa
Puerto Galera – Municipality in Oriental Mindoro, Philippines
Punta Cana – Resort town in La Altagracia Province, Dominican Republic
USS Puritan – Passenger ship that sank in Lake Superior
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Radaas – Ship sunk in 1917 near Portland Bill, now a dive site
Rainbow Warrior – Greenpeace vessel bombed by French intelligence service operatives in Auckland harbour, refloated and scuttled as a dive site
USS Rankin – US Navy Tolland-class attack cargo ship in service 1945-1947, 1952-1971Pages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
Ras Muhammad National Park – Egyptian national park in South Sinai
Red Sea – Arm of the Indian Ocean between Asia and Africa
SS Regina – Steel ship that foundered in Lake Huron in a storm
HMS Repulse – 1916 Renown-class battlecruiser of the Royal Navy
RMS Rhone – Royal Mail Ship wrecked off Salt Island in the British Virgin Islands in a hurricane
Richelieu Rock – Dive site in Thailand in the Andaman Sea
Risør Underwater Post Office – Norway tourist attraction
Riva Palacio – Admirable-class minesweeper built for the United States NavyPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
Robben Island Marine Protected Area – Marine conservation area in South Africa
Robberg Nature Reserve and Marine Protected Area – Conservation area at the Robberg peninsula in South Africa
Robert C. Pringle – Wooden-hulled American tugboat that sank in Lake Michigan
Robert Gaskin – Shipwreck in the St. Lawrence river
SS Robert Wallace – Wooden steamship wrecked in Lake Superior in 1902
Rocherpan Marine Protected Area – Marine conservation area on the west coast of the Western Cape in South Africa
USS Rochester – Second United States Navy armored cruiser so designated
Rondo – Ship sunk in Sound of Mull in 1935, now a recreational dive site
Rosehill – Steam collier torpedoed and sunk near Fowey, Cornwall
Rosinco – Diesel-powered luxury yacht that sank in Lake Michigan
SS Rotorua – New Zealand Shipping Company steam ocean liner and refrigerated cargo ship
Rouse Simmons – Three-masted schooner sunk in Lake Michigan
Roy A. Jodrey – Canadian bulk carrier sunk in the St Lawrence riverPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
Royal Adelaide – Iron sailing ship wrecked on Chesil Beach
Royal Charter – Steam clipper wrecked off Porth Alerth on the coast of Anglesey
Rozi – Tugboat scuttled as a dive site off Malta
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Safaga – Town on the Red Sea coast of Egypt
Sagamore (barge) – Whaleback barge wrecked in Lake Superior
HMS Safari – Royal Navy S-class submarine sunk in the English Channel while on tow to shipbreakers
HMCS Saguenay – Destroyer of the Royal Canadian Navy
USS Sailfish – Sargo-class submarine of the US Navy
Sakawa – Agano-class light cruiser
Salem Express – Car and passenger ferry wrecked off the Egyptian coast
USS Salvia – Iris-class buoy tender
SS Samuem Mather – U.S. merchant ship that sank in Lake Superior
Samuel P. Ely – Schooner wrecked in Lake Superior
San Andrés (island) – One of the two principal islands of San Andrés and Providencia, Colombia
Sanko Harvest – Bulk carrier that sank off Esperance, Western Australia
San Pedro Nolasco Island – Mexican island in the Gulf of California
USS Saratoga – US Navy aircraft carrier sunk by nuclear weapon testing at Bikini atoll
Sardinia Bay Marine Protected Area – Marine conservation area in the Eastern Cape in South Africa
HMCS Saskatchewan – Mackenzie-class destroyer of the Royal Canadian Navy
Sardine run – Annual fish migration off the shores of South Africa
Scapa Flow – Body of water in the Orkney Islands, Scotland
SS S.C. Baldwin – Wooden-hulled steam barge sunk in Lake Michigan
USS Scrimmage – Admirable-class minesweeper built for the United States NavyPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
USS Scuffle – Admirable class minesweeper sunk as an artificial reef off Cozumel
HMS Scylla – Royal Navy frigate sunk as artificial reef off Whitsand Bay, Cornwall
MS Seattle – German cargo ship sunk in 1940
Second Valley – Coastal town in South Australia
SS Selah Chamberlain – Great Lakes freighter that sank on Lake Michigan in 1886
Seven Stones Reef – Rocky reef offshore of Land's End, Cornwall
Shaʽb Abu Nuħas – Coral reef in the Red Sea
Shadwan Island – Egyptian island in the Red Sea
The Shaft (sinkhole) – Karst feature in South Australia
Shark River Reef – Artificial reef off New Jersey
Ship cemetery at Ekenabben – Place in Blekinge, Sweden
List of shipwrecks of the United States
HMS Sidon – Royal Navy submarine sunk in Portland Harbour by explosion of a faulty torpedo
Silfra – Water-filled rift in Iceland between the North American and Eurasian tectonic plates
Similan Islands – Marine protected area in Phang Nga Province, southern Thailand
Sipadan – Oceanic island in Malaysia
SS Sir William Seimens – American lake freighter (1896–1944)
Slickstones Quarry, Cromhall – Quarry in Gloucestershire
Socorro Island – Small volcanic island off the west coast of Mexico
Sodwana Bay – A National Park with marine protected area on the northern KwaZulu-Natal coast of South Africa
Soma Bay – Coastal resort in the Red Sea Governorate, Egypt
Sound of Mull – Sound between the Inner Hebridean island of Mull and mainland Scotland
South Channel Fort – Island in southern Port Phillip, Victoria, Australia
USCGC Spar – Iris class sea going buoy tender
USS Spiegel Grove – US Navy dock landing ship sunk off Key Largo as an artificial reef
St Abbs – Village in Berwickshire, Scotland, UK
St. Crispin's Reef – An elongate outer-shelf coral reef in the Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
Stanegarth – Steam tugboat scuttled as a dive feature at Stoney Cove
Stanwood – British ship sunk off Falmouth in 1939, now a recreational dive site
Stella – Passenger ferry wrecked off the Casquets
SS Stepas Darius – Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II
Stilbaai Marine Protected Area – Marine conservation area in the Western Cape in South Africa
HMS St Lawrence (1814) – First-rate wooden warship of the Royal Navy that served on Lake Ontario
Stoney Cove – Flooded quarry in Leicestershire used for scuba diving
Subic Bay – Bay on the west coast of the island of Luzon, Philippines
Sund Rock – A designated conservation area on the U.S. state of Washington's Hood Canal
SS Superior City – Freighter in the Great Lakes service that sank in Lake Superior
HMS Swallow (1824) – Brig-sloop shippwreck in South Australia
HMAS Swan – Australian "River" class destroyer sunk as a dive site off the coast of Dunsborough, Western Australia
Swanage Pier – Pier in Swanage, Dorset, United Kingdom
Sweepstakes (schooner) – Canadian Great Lakes ship sunk in 1885
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Taba, Egypt – City in the gulf of Aqaba in South Sinai, Egypt
Table Mountain National Park Marine Protected Area – Marine conservation area around the Cape Peninsula in South Africa
Taganga – Fishing village and corregimiento in Magdalena, Colombia
SS Tahoe – Steamship scuttled in Lake Tahoe
USCGC Tamaroa – Coast guard cutter
USS Tarpon – US Navy Submarine which foundered south of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, while under tow to the scrap yard.
Te Poporo / Bulli Point – Diving location in Lake Taupō, New ZealandPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
Texas Clipper – Merchant marine training vessel with the Texas Maritime Academy
HMS Thames (1885) – Mersey class cruiser
Thesis – Steamship wrecked in 1889 in the Sound of Mull, Scotland. Now a recreational dive site.
Thistlegorm – British armed merchantman sunk in the Red Sea at Ras Muhammad
Thomas Friant – Wooden-hulled ferry (later fish tug)
Thomas Wilson – Whaleback freighter that sank in Lake Superior
Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary – Aquatic protected area in Michigan, USA
Thunderbolt Wreck – Mine planter of The US Army
Toa Maru – Japanese transport ship sunk by a submarine off Gizo, Solomon Islands
HMAS Tobruk (L 50) – Modified Round Table-class Landing Ship Heavy of the Royal Australian Navy
Tokai Maru – Japanese passenger-cargo ship sunk in Apra Harbor, Guam
Torrey Canyon – Suezmax Class oil tanker wrecked off the western coast of Cornwall
SAS Transvaal – Loch-class frigate in the South African Navy
MV Treasure – June 2000 environmental disaster off the coast of South Africa
Tsitsikamma Marine Protected Area – Marine conservation area on the south coast of South Africa
Tubbataha Reef – Protected area in the middle of the Sulu Sea
HMNZS Tui – Conrad class oceanographic ship
Tulagi – Small island in Solomon Islands, north of Guadalcanal
Tulamben – Village in Karangasem, Bali Province, Indonesia
Tung Ping Chau – Island in Hong Kong
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U-40 – German submarine sunk by a mine in the English Channel
U-352 – German submarine sunk by depth charges south of Morehead City, North Carolina
U-1195 – German submarine sunk by antisubmarine mortar to the southeast of the Isle of Wight
Um El Faroud – Libyan owned tanker scuttled as dive site off Malta
Utila – Smallest of Islas de la Bahía, Honduras
V
Varvassi – Greek freighter wrecked at The Needles in a storm after engine failure
USS Vermilion – Tolland-class attack cargo ship
SS Vernon – American passenger and package freighter ship sunk in Lake Michigan
Ve Skerries – Small islands in the west of Shetland
SS Vienna – Steamship sunk after a collision in Lake Superior
Vortex Spring – Freshwater spring and recreational dive site in Florida
W
HMNZS Waikato – Leander class frigate of the Royal New Zealand Navy
Wakatobi Regency – Group of islands in Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia
Wakulla Springs – Spring and cave in the Floridan Aquifer under the Woodville Karst Plain of north Florida
Walker Bay Whale Sanctuary – Marine conservation area in the Western Cape province in South Africa
Walter L M Russ – German freighter wrecked in St George's Channel
Wardang Island – Island in the Spencer Gulf, South Australia
Washingtonian (1913) – American freighter that sank off Delaware after a collision
Wast Water – Body of water in Cumbria, England
TSS Waterford (1912) – Passenger vessel built for the Great Western Railway
Wazee Lake – Artificial lake of Wisconsin, US
Weh Island – Island in Aceh, Indonesia
HMNZS Wellington – Leander class frigate sunk as artificial reef off Wellington, New Zealand
USS Westchester County – US Navy tank landing ship built in 1952
Western Rocks, Isles of Scilly – Group of rocks in the Isles of Scilly, England, United Kingdom
SS Wexford – Freighter shipwreck and dive site in lake Huron
Whitefish Point Underwater Preserve – Reserve to protect and conserve shipwrecks and historical resources in Lake Superior
Whittle Rock – Granite reef in False Bay, South Africa
Whyalla – City in South Australia
USS Wilkes-Barre – Cleveland-class light cruiser
SS William B. Davock – Lake freighter sunk in Lake Michigan
SS William C. Moreland – Great Lakes freighter wrecked in Lake Superior
Wolf Rock – Marine pinnacles in Queensland, Australia
Wondergat – Sinkhole dive site near Lichtenburg, South Africa
Wreck Alley , San Diego – Recreational dive area with several wrecks sunk as artificial reefs
Y
USS Yancey – Andromeda-class attack cargo ship sunk as an artificial reef off North Carolina
YO-257 – US Navy yard oiler scuttled off Waikiki, Honolulu, Hawaii
Yongala – Australian registered passenger ship that sank off Cape Bowling Green, Queensland, Australia
HMCS Yukon – Mackenzie-class destroyer of the Royal Canadian Navy
Z
Zacatón – Water-filled sinkhole in Mexico
Zenobia – RO-RO ferry that capsized and sank near Larnaca, Cyprus
Zealandia – Australian cargo and passenger steamship sunk in the bombing of Darwin
Zingara – Cargo vessel wrecked in the Straits of Tiran in the Red Sea
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