This is a list of shipwrecks located in or off the coast of France.
| Ship | Flag | Sunk date | Notes | Coordinates | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 August 1944 | A Type IXD1 U-boat sunk off Soorts-Hossegor. | 44°N -2°W |
| Ship | Flag | Sunk date | Notes | Coordinates | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Denmark | 25 December 1917 | A cargo ship that was torpedoed by south of Audierne. | 47.8833°N -36°W | ||
| 14 January 1797 | A frigate that ran aground at Audierne. | ||||
| 4 March 1807 | A frigate wrecked off Ushant. | ||||
 Liberia | 16 March 1978 | A supertanker that ran aground at Portsall, causing an oil spill. | 48.6°N -4.7°W | ||
| 19 March 1779 | A Royal Navy frigate, wrecked off Ushant after sustaining considerable damage in a battle with the French ship Aigrette. | 48.4511°N -5.0678°W | |||
 Ireland | 11 September 2008 | A brigantine that sank off Belle Île. | |||
| 29 April 1944 | A that was torpedoed by off Plouguerneau. | ||||
| Auguste | 29 January 1795 | A ship of the line caught in a tempest off Brest. | |||
| 14 October 1976 | An oil tanker that sank after going aground off the Île de Sein | ||||
| 23 October 1943 | A that was sunk by German torpedo boats off the north coast of Brittany. | 48.9833°N -42°W | |||
 France | 1797 | A ship of the line sunk after going aground off Plozévet. | |||
 United Kingdom | 20 June 1949 | A cargo ship that was scuttled off Brest. | 47.8667°N -59°W | ||
 Malta | 12 December 1999 | An oil tanker that sank in the Bay of Biscay, causing an oil spill. | |||
| 29 June 1811 | A gun-brig wrecked off Cancalle Bay. | ||||
| 26 August 1922 | A that struck a rock in Quiberon Bay. | 47.4517°N -3.0333°W | |||
| 28 April 1919 | A tugboat that struck a rock off Brest. | ||||
| 18 December 1905 | A steamship that hit the Pierre de Portes rocks in thick fog and sank off Saint-Malo. | ||||
| 11 January 1864 | Sunk in a storm in the Bay of Biscay. | ||||
| 25 March 1804 | A that struck a reef off Brest. | ||||
| 25 December 1810 | A gun-brig wrecked on Belle Île while participating in the blockade of Lorient. | ||||
| 28 December 1794 | A ship of the line wrecked off Brest during the Croisière du Grand Hiver. | ||||
| 10 March 1800 | An abandoned in the Glénan islands. | ||||
| 24 December 1794 | A ship of the line that ran aground off Brest. | ||||
| 30 January 1795 | A wrecked off Brest during Croisière du Grand Hiver. | ||||
| 16 December 1796 | A wrecked off Brest. | ||||
| 30 January 1795 | A wrecked off Brest during the Croisière du Grand Hiver. | ||||
| 12 May 1918 | A German submarine that was rammed by off Brest. | 49.2667°N -55°W | |||
| 9 October 1942 | A Type IXC U-boat that was sunk near Lorient. | 47.65°N -37°W | |||
| 8 June 1944 | A Type VIIC U-boat that was sunk off Ushant. | 48.45°N -52°W | |||
| 14 April 1943 | A Type IXC/40 U-boat that was sunk by naval mines near Lorient. | 47.5°N -48°W | |||
| 18 June 1944 | A Type VIIC U-boat that was sunk by British destroyers north of Tréguier. | 49.05°N -16°W | |||
| 10 June 1944 | A Type VIIC U-boat that was sunk by aircraft off Ushant. | 48.5167°N -16°W | |||
| 21 May 1917 | A German Type UC II U-boat that was rammed by French steamer Molière off Ushant. | 48.7°N -19°W |
| Ship | Flag | Sunk date | Notes | Coordinates | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 April 1951 | An lost near Hurds Deep. | 49.5°N -37°W | |||
| 16 August 1921 | A dreadnought sunk as a target in Hurd Deep. | 49.8283°N -2.3892°W | |||
| 15 March 1712 | A frigate that served in the Anglo-Dutch Wars, and was wrecked near Guernsey. | ||||
| 19 February 1917 | A Q ship that was sunk by west of Jersey. | 49.25°N -36°W | |||
| 30 March 1899 | A passenger ferry that hit a granite reef off the Casquets. | ||||
| 19 February 1917 | A German minelaying submarine sunk by Q ship Lady Olive west of Jersey. | 49.25°N -36°W |
| Ship | Flag | Sunk date | Notes | Coordinates | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HMS Fleche | 12 November 1795 | A corvette that ran aground and capsized in the bay of Saint-Florent. | |||
| 14 August 1943 | An S-class submarine that was attacked by Italian corvettes and scuttled off Bastia. | 42.75°N 39°W |
| Ship | Flag | Sunk date | Notes | Coordinates | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wreck of Rochelongue | A shipwreck found west of Cap d'Agde dating to the Iron Age, around 600 BC. |
| Ship | Flag | Sunk date | Notes | Coordinates | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 28 May 1940 | A steamship that was torpedoed by S-34 northeast of Calais, while evacuating soldiers and civilians from Ostend. | 51.2°N 2.16°W | ||
| 29 March 1802 | A fourth-rate ship that hit a sandbank off Dunkirk. | ||||
| 28 December 1810 | A cargo ship wrecked on the Dunkirk brake, with at least 380 deaths. | ||||
| 29 May 1940 | A G-class destroyer that was sunk by German Stuka dive bomber aircraft during the Battle of Dunkirk. | 51.4078°N 2.8194°W | |||
| 1 June 1940 | A H-class destroyer that was scuttled after taking damage in the Battle of Dunkirk. | 51.1333°N 2.2636°W | |||
| 31 October 1914 | A torpedoed by German submarine . | 51.105°N 1.8383°W | |||
| Huntley | United Kingdom | 21 November 1915 | A German hospital ship seized by the Royal Navy, and torpedoed by off Boulogne. | ||
| 1 June 1940 | A sunk at Dunkirk by enemy aircraft. | 51.0794°N 2.4464°W | |||
| 25 May 1940 | A that was bombed by German aircraft off Dunkirk. | 51.05°N 25°W | |||
| 23 March 1917 | A that hit a naval mine off Cap Gris Nez. | ||||
| 26 January 1918 | A German submarine sunk in the English Channel. | 50.8833°N 32°W | |||
| 8 May 1917 | A German minelaying submarine rammed by off Calais. | 51.05°N 41°W | |||
| 26 July 1917 | A German minelaying submarine stranded and scuttled off Boulogne. | 50.8833°N 34°W | |||
| 1918 | A German minelaying submarine sunk by a mine off Cap Gris Nez. |
| Ship | Flag | Sunk date | Notes | Coordinates | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 June 1864 | A screw sloop-of-war sunk off Cherbourg-Octeville during the American Civil War. | ||||
| 7 August 1944 | A hospital ship that was sunk by a naval mine while taking casualties from Juno Beach. | ||||
| 19 July 1942 | A that was damaged by German bomber aircraft and scuttled off Dieppe. | 49.9833°N 3°W | |||
| 27 August 1944 | A that was, along with, accidentally sunk by Royal Air Force Hawker Typhoon aircraft off Le Havre. | ||||
| 26 December 1944 | A that was torpedoed by off Cherbourg. | 49.8333°N -42°W | |||
| 7 June 1944 | A sunk as a breakwater off Avranches. | ||||
| 6 June 1944 | A sunk off Îles Saint-Marcouf during the invasion of Normandy. | 49.5139°N -1.1917°W | |||
| 12 March 1918 | A D-class submarine that was mistakenly bombed by a French airship off Fecamp. | ||||
| HMS Daffodil | 18 March 1945 | A train ferry that was requisitioned by the Royal Navy as an amphibious warfare ship, and was sunk by a naval mine off Dieppe. | 50.0333°N 5°W | ||
| United Kingdom | 24 June 1944 | A troopship that was sunk by a naval mine off Sword Beach. | |||
| 2 May 1917 | A sunk off Le Havre by a naval mine laid by German submarine . | 49.5133°N -0.03°W | |||
| 7 July 1944 | A that was transferred to the Polish Navy and then scuttled near Courseulles. | ||||
| 9 June 1944 | A light cruiser that was scuttled as a breakwater off Ouistreham. | 49.3456°N -0.2689°W | |||
| 4 August 1944 | A cargo ship sunk to form part of a Mulberry harbour. | ||||
| 18 June 1916 | A that collided with off Fécamp. | ||||
| July 1944 | An infantry landing ship sunk by a naval mine off Normandy. | 49.4167°N -54°W | |||
| 28 December 1944 | An infantry landing ship that was sunk in the English Channel. | 50.0833°N -1°W | |||
| 28 October 1916 | A hospital ship that struck a naval mine while entering Le Havre. | 49.5667°N 5°W | |||
| 10 June 1944 | A that hit a naval mine and was sunk by shore batteries in the Baie de la Seine. | ||||
| 27 August 1944 | A minesweeper sunk by friendly fire off Le Havre, along with . | ||||
| 20 July 1944 | An sunk off the coast of Normandy. | ||||
| 14 October 1942 | A German auxiliary cruiser sunk by British motor torpedo boats near La Hague. | ||||
| 23 February 1945 | A that was used by the Free French Naval Forces, and sank off Normandy. | ||||
| 17 April 1917 | A hospital ship torpedoed by German submarine off Le Havre. | 50.11°N 0.12°W | |||
 Belgium | 24 December 1944 | A former Belgian passenger liner converted to a transport ship, torpedoed 5nmi from the coast of Cherbourg-Octeville. | 49.75°N -35°W | ||
| 25 September 1944 | A cargo ship and minelayer sunk by a naval mine off Le Havre. | 49.4414°N 0.1919°W | |||
| 11 June 1944 | A sunk by German E-boats off Vierville-sur-Mer. | 49.5°N -50°W | |||
| 6 June 1944 | A, and the first ship sunk during the invasion of Normandy. | 49.5°N -11°W | |||
 United States | 16 July 1944 | A cargo ship scuttled to form part of a Mulberry harbour. | 49.3747°N -0.8919°W | ||
| 8 July 1944 | A sunk off Juno Beach. | 49.4267°N -0.2511°W | |||
| 3 August 1944 | A sunk off the coast of Normandy. | ||||
| 8 June 1944 | A that hit three naval mines off Îles Saint-Marcouf. | 49.5167°N -11.6°W | |||
| 10 April 1917 | A hospital ship that hit a mine laid by off Le Havre. | 49.5356°N -0.0383°W | |||
| 10 December 1803 | A frigate wrecked off Tatihou. | ||||
| 3 June 1692 | A ship of the line beached at Cherbourg and destroyed by fireships. | ||||
| 7 June 1944 | A transport ship sunk by a mine off Normandy; all 2,689 people aboard were rescued. | 49.49°N -0.7133°W | |||
| 6 June 1944 | An S-class destroyer that served in the Royal Norwegian Navy, and was sunk off Sword Beach. | 49.45°N -15°W | |||
| 7 June 1944 | An sunk by a naval mine off Îles Saint-Marcouf. | 49.6164°N -1.0831°W | |||
| 13 June 1940 | A train ferry that was requisitioned by the Royal Navy as an amphibious warfare ship, and was sunk by German gunfire off Sainte-Marguerite-sur-Mer.[1] | 49.9333°N 56°W | |||
| 7 June 1921 | A German submarine sunk as a target at Cherbourg. | ||||
| 9 May 1918 | A German minelaying submarine rammed by off Cherbourg. | 49.8167°N -41°W | |||
| 3 August 1918 | An Australian hospital ship torpedoed by the U-boat off Le Havre. | ||||
| 11 June 1944 | A cargo ship scuttled off Utah Beach as a breakwater. | ||||
| 8 June 1944 | A cargo ship scuttled off Omaha Beach as a breakwater. | ||||
| 8 June 1944 | A cargo ship scuttled off Utah Beach as a breakwater. | ||||
| 11 June 1944 | A cargo ship scuttled off Utah Beach as a breakwater. | ||||
| White Ship | 25 November 1120 | A 12th century vessel that sank in the English Channel near the Normandy coast off Barfleur. |
| Ship | Flag | Sunk date | Notes | Coordinates | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 April 1809 | An wrecked off Nantes. | ||||
| 29 March 1942 | A that was deliberately blown up in the St Nazaire Raid. | 47.2761°N -2.1969°W | |||
| 21 September 1759 | A ship of the line wrecked off Le Croisic. | ||||
| United Kingdom | 17 June 1940 | A Cunard Liner sunk in the Loire River estuary during World War II. | 47.1739°N -2.3208°W | ||
| 6 August 1944 | A German weather ship that was sunk by a British convoy off Île d'Yeu. | ||||
| Saint-Philibert | France | 14 June 1931 | A cruise ship that sank off the Île de Noirmoutier, resulting in the death of nearly 500 passengers. | ||
| 20 August 1940 | A Type VIIB U-boat torpedoed by off Saint-Nazaire. | 47.1°N -55°W | |||
| 19 February 1943 | A Type VIIC U-boat sunk by depth charges off Nantes. | 47.05°N -61°W | |||
| 6 August 1944 | A Type VIIC U-boat sunk by off Saint-Nazaire. | 47.3167°N -20°W |
| Ship | Flag | Sunk date | Notes | Coordinates | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 February 1807 | A brig-sloop wrecked off Île de Ré. | ||||
| 18 August 1944 | A Type IXB U-boat sunk by depth charges off La Rochelle. | 46.7667°N -52°W | |||
| 20 January 1944 | A Type VIIC U-boat that was sunk during a deep dive trial off La Rochelle. | 46.1°N -37°W | |||
| 25 August 1944 | A Type VIIC U-boat that struck a mine off Oléron. | 46°N -31°W |
| Ship | Flag | Sunk date | Notes | Coordinates | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 February 1903 | A that struck a rock near Cavalaire-sur-Mer. | ||||
| 18 December 1793 | A ship of the line that was scuttled by fire at Toulon. | ||||
| 27 November 1942 | A that was scuttled at Toulon to avoid capture (see Scuttling of the French fleet in Toulon). | ||||
| Madrague de Giens shipwreck | 75–60 BCE | A Roman merchantman sunk off the coast of La Madrague de Giens, east of Toulon. | |||
| 31 October 1875 | An ironclad warship that exploded in the military harbour of Toulon. | ||||
| 21 May 1943 | A Type VIIC U-boat that was torpedoed by off Toulon. | 42.8333°N 6°W |