List of shipwrecks of Oceania explained

See also: List of shipwrecks in the Pacific Ocean, List of missing ships and List of maritime disasters.

This is a list of shipwrecks located in the region of Oceania.

Australia

See main article: article and List of shipwrecks of Australia.

Melanesia

Fiji

Ship	Flag	Sunk date	Notes	Coordinates
Harriet		16 July 1837	A whaler wrecked on Providence Reef in the Fiji Islands.
Tuaikaepau	New Zealand	6 July 1962	A cutter that ran aground on the South Minerva Reef.	-23.9219°N -179.0928°W

Papua New Guinea

Ship	Flag	Sunk date	Notes	Coordinates
USS Amberjack		16 February 1943	A sunk by Japanese warships off Rabaul.	-5.0833°N 189°W
Arashio		4 March 1943	An that was sunk in the Battle of the Bismarck Sea.	-7.25°N 178°W
USS Argonaut		10 January 1943	A V-type submarine sunk by Japanese destroyers off Rabaul.	-5.6706°N 153.9156°W
		26 December 1943	A that was sunk by a Japanese dive bomber aircraft off Cape Gloucester, New Britain.	-5.3333°N 173°W
		18 October 1944	A that collided with the American tanker York north of Langemak Bay.	-6.0667°N 192°W
		23 January 1943	A Japanese that was torpedoed by south of Kavieng, New Ireland.	-2.7833°N 188°W
Hatsukaze		2 November 1943	A sunk in Empress Augusta Bay off Bougainville Island by U.S. Navy warships during the Battle of Empress Augusta Bay.	-6.0167°N 211°W
I-2		7 April 1944	A J1-type submarine sunk by the United States Navy destroyer west-northwest of New Hanover Island.	-2.2833°N 163°W
I-4		21 December 1942	A J1-type submarine torpedoed by the United States Navy submarine at the southern entrance to St. George's Channel off New Ireland about from Rabaul.	-5.0333°N 185°W
I-168		27 July 1943	A Kaidai 6-type submarine sunk by the United States Navy submarine off New Hanover Island.	-2.8333°N 150°W
I-171		1 February 1944	A Kaidai 6-type submarine sunk by the United States Navy destroyers and west of Buka Island in the Solomon Islands Archipelago.	-5.6167°N 168°W
Kako		10 August 1942	A torpedoed by the United States Navy submarine off Simbari Island.	-2.4667°N 163°W
Kembu Maru	Japan	3 March 1943	A cargo ship that was sunk by Allied aircraft in the Battle of the Bismarck Sea.	-7.25°N 178°W
		2 March 1943	A Japanese troopship that was sunk by Allied aircraft in the Battle of the Bismarck Sea.	-6.7667°N 157°W
	Australia	18 June 1942	A passenger and cargo ship that was sunk by Japanese aircraft in Port Moresby.
Makinami		25 November 1943	A sunk by United States Navy destroyers 55nmi east-southeast of Cape St. George on New Ireland in the Battle of Cape St. George.	-5.2333°N 203°W
MV Mamutu	Australia	7 August 1942	A motor vessel sunk by the Imperial Japanese Navy submarine in the Gulf of Papua.	-9.1833°N 156°W
USS Mckean		17 November 1943	A sunk by Japanese aircraft off Bougainville.^[1]	-6.5167°N 206°W
		28 July 1943	A Japanese that ran aground on a reef off the west coast of New Island.	-5.45°N 173°W
		10 November 1944	A that exploded in Seeadler Harbor, killing over 300 people and destroying twenty-two smaller boats and landing craft.	-2.0283°N 147.355°W
Nojima Maru	Japan	3 March 1943	A troopship ship that was damaged both by aircraft and a collision with Japanese destroyer Arashio.and sank 50 nautical miles (93 km; 58 mi) southeast of Finschafen, New Guinea	07°15′S 148°30′E
Oigawa Maru		3 March 1943	A troopship that was sunk by motor torpedo boats PT-143 and PT-150 in the Battle of the Bismarck Sea.	-6.9667°N 164°W
Okinoshima		12 May 1942	A minelayer that was torpedoed by and sank under tow in Saint George's Channel.	-5.1°N 201°W
Ōnami		25 November 1943	A torpedoed by United States Navy destroyers between Buka Island and Cape St. George on New Ireland in the Battle of Cape St. George.	-5.25°N 202°W
Ōshio		20 February 1943	An that was torpedoed by 70 nautical miles northeast of Manus Island.	-0.8333°N 152°W
	United Kingdom	31 December 1923	A steamship that was wrecked on Natara Reef, off Port Moresby.
		29 August 1942	A Japanese Ro-33-class submarine that was sunk by off Port Moresby.	-9.6°N 153°W
Ro-104		23 May 1944	A Ro-100-class submarine sunk by the United States Navy destroyer escort north of the Admiralty Islands.	1.4333°N 169°W
Ro-105		31 May 1944	A Ro-100-class submarine sunk by the United States Navy destroyer escort north of the Admiralty Islands.	0.7833°N 205°W
Ro-106		22 May 1944	A Ro-100-class submarine sunk by the United States Navy destroyer escort north of the Admiralty Islands.	1.6667°N 181°W
Ro-108		26 May 1944	A Ro-100-class submarine sunk by the United States Navy destroyer escort north of the Admiralty Islands.	-0.5333°N 183°W
Ro-111		10 June 1944	A Ro-100-class submarine sunk by the United States Navy destroyer north of the Admiralty Islands.	0.4333°N 165°W
Ro-116		24 May 1944	A Ro-100-class submarine sunk by the United States Navy destroyer escort north of the Admiralty Islands.	0.8833°N 163°W
		13 August 1942	An S-class submarine that ran aground off Rossel Island.	-11.3508°N 154.149°W
Sendai		2 November 1943	A light cruiser sunk in Empress Augusta Bay off Bougainville Island by U.S. Navy warships during the Battle of Empress Augusta Bay.	-6.1667°N 174°W
Shimakaze		12 January 1943	A that was torpedoed by the United States Navy submarine near Kavieng, New Ireland.	-2.85°N 192°W
Shirayuki		3 March 1943	A that was sunk by Allied aircraft 55 nautical miles southeast of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea.	-7.25°N 178°W
	Japan	3 March 1943	A troopship that was sunk by Allied aircraft in the Battle of the Bismarck Sea.	-7.25°N 178°W
SS Taimei Maru
		19 December 1942	A Japanese that was torpedoed by off Madang.	-5.2°N 201°W
		17 February 1944	A Japanese W-19-class minesweeper that was bombed by American aircraft at Karavia Bay, New Britain.
Yayoi		10 August 1926	A sunk as a target by Japanese aircraft off the Oki Islands.
		26 November 1943	A Japanese that was sunk in the Battle of Cape St. George.	-4.7333°N 154°W

Micronesia

Federated States of Micronesia

Ship	Flag	Sunk date	Notes	Coordinates
Agano		15 February 1944	An that was torpedoed by the United States Navy submarine 160nmi north of Truk.	10.1833°N 193°W
		17 February 1944	An armed merchantman that was sunk during Operation Hailstone. The remains of 400 men were recovered from the wreck and cremated in 1984.	7.3667°N 207°W
Fujikawa Maru			An armed aircraft transport that was sunk during Operation Hailstone
		18 February 1944	A Japanese that was sunk during Operation Hailstone.	7.4°N 195°W
		17 February 1944	A Japanese submarine tender that was sunk during Operation Hailstone.
		4 April 1944	A Japanese that participated in the attack on Pearl Harbor, and sank northwest of Dublon, when it flooded while diving to avoid an air-raid.
		7 October 1914	A survey ship that was scuttled to prevent capture.
Sankisan Maru			A Japanese freighter that was sunk during Operation Hailstone.
Shinkoko Maru			A Japanese oil tanker that was sunk during Operation Hailstone.
		18 February 1944	A Japanese that ran aground at Kuop Atoll on 4 February 1944, and remained stranded until it was sunk in Operation Hailstone.	7.05°N 207°W
		1 February 1944	A Japanese that was torpedoed by south of Chuuk.	7.1667°N 194°W

Guam

Ship	Flag	Sunk date	Notes	Coordinates
USS Acadia		20 September 2010	A sunk as a target off Guam.
		1944	An Imperial Japanese Navy transport sunk in Talofofo Bay.
		7 April 1917	A German steamer scuttled in Apra Harbor to avoid capture at the start of American involvement in World War I.	13.4592°N 144.6542°W
			A Japanese merchant freighter sunk by torpedo in Apra Harbor.
		1943	An Imperial Japanese Navy armed transport sunk in Apra Harbor.

Kiribati

Ship	Flag	Sunk date	Notes	Coordinates
Canton	United States		A whaling ship that ran aground at Kanton Island.
Golden Sunset	United Kingdom	1866	A British barque that ran aground at Enderbury Island.^[2]
		29 November 1929	A British freighter that ran aground at Nikumaroro.
	United States Army	14 February 1942	After carrying two companies of infantry and two battalions of coast artillery, about 1,100 men, for the Canton (Kanton) Island garrison, and possibly due to loss of an anchor while landing troops and equipment by means of shallow draft craft from outside the lagoon, the ship became firmly grounded on the coral reef. The hull was eventually scrapped by 6 April 1955.

Marshall Islands

Ship	Flag	Sunk date	Notes	Coordinates
		1 July 1946	A that was sunk at Bikini Atoll in an atomic bomb test.
		25 July 1946	A that was sunk at Bikini Atoll in an atomic bomb test, Operation Crossroads.
			A that was sunk at Bikini Atoll in an atomic bomb test.
		11 May 1948	A that sustained heavy damage in atomic bomb tests and was scuttled off Kwajalein.
		1 July 1946	A that was sunk at Bikini Atoll in an atomic bomb test.
			A that was sunk at Bikini Atoll in an atomic bomb test.
		4 December 1943	A Japanese freighter that was sunk by US aircraft at Kwajalein Atoll.	9.3167°N 192°W
		2 July 1946	A that was sunk at Bikini Atoll in an atomic bomb test.
		12 May 1948	An that was sunk at Enewetak Atoll in an atomic bomb test.
		25 July 1948	An that was sunk at Enewetak Atoll in an atomic bomb test.
		30 July 1946	A Japanese that sustained heavy damage in an atomic bomb test at Bikini Atoll, and capsized and sank five days later.
		10 February 1948	A super-dreadnought battleship, that was sunk off Kwajalein after atomic bomb tests.
		25 July 1946	A that sunk at Bikini Atoll in an atomic bomb test.	30.4333°N 193°W
		22 December 1946	A German heavy cruiser that was damaged at Bikini Atoll by atomic bomb tests, and later towed to Kwajalein where it capsized and sunk.	8.7527°N 167.6831°W
		2 July 1946	A Japanese that sustained heavy damage in an atomic bomb test at Bikini Atoll, and sank the following day.	11.5833°N 188°W
		25 July 1946	A that was sunk at Bikini Atoll in an atomic bomb test.	11.5815°N 165.4986°W
Toreshima Maru		December 1943	A Japanese supply ship sunk at Maloelap Atoll off Taroa Island by US Navy.

Palau

Ship	Flag	Sunk date	Notes	Coordinates
Amatsu Maru		31 March 1944	A Japanese tanker that was sunk during Operation Desecrate One.
Bichu Maru		30 March 1944	A Japanese freighter that was sunk during Operation Desecrate One.
Chuyo Maru		31 March 1944	A Japanese freighter (army cargo vessel) that was sunk during Operation Desecrate One.
Gozan Maru		30 March 1944	A Japanese troopship that was sunk during Operation Desecrate One.
		31 March 1944	A Japanese oil tanker that was sunk during Operation Desecrate One. She was the sister ship of Sata.
Kamikaze Maru			A Japanese troopship that was sunk during Operation Desecrate One.
Kibi Maru			A Japanese freighter (army cargo vessel) that was sunk during Operation Desecrate One.
Nagisan Maru			A Japanese freighter (army cargo vessel) that was sunk during Operation Desecrate One.
		13 September 1944	A that was sunk by a naval mine off Anguar.	6.8833°N 144°W
Raizan Maru		31 March 1944	A Japanese freighter (army cargo vessel) that was sunk during Operation Desecrate One.
Ryuko Maru			A Japanese freighter (army cargo vessel) that was sunk during Operation Desecrate One.
		25 August 1944	A Japanese that was torpedoed by after running aground on Velasco Reef.	8.1667°N 172°W
		31 March 1944	A Japanese oil tanker that was sunk during Operation Desecrate One. She was a sister ship of Irō.
Teshio Maru			A Japanese freighter (army cargo vessel) that was sunk during Operation Desecrate One.
Urakami Maru			A Japanese repair ship that was sunk during Operation Desecrate One.
		30 March 1944	A Japanese that was sunk during Operation Desecrate One.	7.8333°N 154°W

Wake Island

Ship	Flag	Sunk date	Notes	Coordinates
Dashing Wave		31 August 1870	A British tea clipper that struck a reef and sank.
		11 December 1941	A Japanese destroyer sunk by US Marines.	19.1667°N 188°W
				18.9167°N 183°W
		4 March 1866	A German barque that shipwrecked on the eastern reef during a gale.^[3]

New Zealand

Ship	Flag	Sunk date	Notes	Coordinates
	France		A barque that struck rocks off the Auckland Islands.	-50.7771°N 165.8875°W
	New Zealand		A passenger and cargo steamer that was sunk for target practice in Cook Strait.
	United Kingdom		A brigantine that was attacked by Maori warriors at Whangaroa. The ship was destroyed by fire during the resulting Boyd massacre.
			A storeship that was wrecked in a storm in Mercury Bay, with two lives lost.	-36.8267°N 175.7056°W
			A that was scuttled as a dive wreck in the Bay of Islands.	-35.1938°N 174.2944°W
	New Zealand		A wooden steam trawler that struck rocks in Lyttelton Harbour.
		1951	A tea clipper, later used as a coal hulk, intentionally beached in Lyttelton Harbour.
	United Kingdom		A barque that ran aground on Enderby Island.	-50.4843°N 166.3028°W
	New Zealand		A cutter wrecked near Quail Island, Lyttelton Harbour, New Zealand
	United Kingdom		A barque that was wrecked in a storm off Disappointment Island, where the survivors remained for seven months until rescued.	-50.6079°N 165.9548°W
	Australia		A steamship that struck West Island (one of the Three Kings Islands) and sank within 20 minutes.	-34.186°N 172.0316°W
	United Kingdom		By getting too close in while waiting the arrival of the pilot.^[4]	off Nelson
	Canada		A three-masted auxiliary barque driven onto the bar of Parengarenga Harbour, a few miles south of North Cape. There were no fatalities amongst the crew of thirteen men and one woman.^[5]	-34.5218°N 173.0102°W
	United States		A barque that drifted into a cave on the western shore of the Auckland Islands and sank.
Holmbank	New Zealand		A coastal trading vessel that was lost off Banks Peninsula
			A coastal trading vessel that was lost off Timaru.	-44.5223°N 171.6894°W
	United Kingdom		A cargo and passenger sailing ship that was beached in the North Island in a storm.
	New Zealand		A collier that capsized near Cape Reinga.
			A Soviet passenger liner that ran aground in the Marlborough Sounds.	-41.0421°N 174.2195°W
	United Kingdom		An ocean liner that struck a mine and sank off Bream Head while carrying a secret consignment of gold from the Bank of England.	-35.8639°N 174.9439°W
	New Zealand	1877	A steam ship wrecked off Quail Island, Lyttelton Harbour, New Zealand
			A that ran aground on the Manukau Heads, with 189 lives lost.
	New Zealand		A ferry that foundered off Cape Terawhiti.
			A cargo ship that was sunk by a mine off Farewell Spit.
			A coastal cargo boat that was converted into a minesweeper, and hit a mine off Bream Head 25 days after being commissioned.	-35.7708°N 174.7167°W
	United Kingdom		A barque that ran aground on Farewell Spit.^[6]	-40.5°N 172.8667°W
	Netherlands		A fishing trawler that was purchased by Greenpeace in 1978 for use as a fundraising and protest ship. She was sabotaged and sunk by the French secret service at Auckland on 10 July 1985, and although later refloated, was found to be beyond repair and finally scuttled in Matauri Bay.	-34.9748°N 173.9349°W
	Liberia		A container ship that ran aground on Astrolabe Reef, resulting in New Zealand's worst oil spill. The wreck broke apart and sank in January 2012.	-37.5403°N 176.4292°W
		1868	A passenger paddle steamer used as a gunboat during the New Zealand Wars. In 1865 she reverted to civilian use and became Tasmanian Maid, before being wrecked off New Plymouth.
	Australia		A schooner that was wrecked in a storm off Moeraki, Otago.
	New Zealand		A passenger steamer that struck a reef off Waipapa Point and sank the next day, claiming over 100 victims.	-46.6686°N 168.8622°W
			An sloop that ran aground in the Chatham Islands.
	Australia		A brig wrecked in a storm in Lyttelton Harbour
			An oceanographic survey and research ship that was scuttled as a dive wreck.	-35.5832°N 174.5394°W
Victory			A steamship that ran aground off Otago Peninsula.	-45.8425°N 170.7321°W
Wahine	New Zealand		A passenger ferry that ran aground and capsized, with 51 lives lost.
			A that was scuttled off Tutukata as an artificial reef.	-35.6528°N 174.5445°W
	New Zealand		A luxury steamer that hit a reef off Great Barrier Island.	-36.0674°N 175.3519°W
			A that was scuttled off the coast of Wellington.	-41.353°N 220.8°W
William and John	New Zealand		A 10-ton cutter wrecked in a storm in Lyttelton Harbour

Polynesia

Hawaii

Ship	Flag	Sunk date	Notes	Coordinates
USS Admiral W. L. Capps
		7 December 1941	A battleship lost in the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor.
		7 October 1964	A sunk as a target off Pearl Harbor.
Bering		January 1815	The Russian-American Company ship (also spelled Behring; formerly, an American maritime fur trade vessel) wrecked at Waimea Bay, Oahu.^[7] ^[8]
		27 April 1975	A sunk as a target.
		21 November 1921	A schooner that struck a reef off Molokai.
		December 2005	A sailing boat that was sunk as an artificial reef.	20.8627°N -156.6752°W
		6 April 1824	The royal yacht of King Kamehameha II that ran aground in Hanalei Bay.
		7 January 1992	A submarine that was disabled in a collision with Kansas Getty, and sunk as a target off Pearl Harbor.
		9 February 2001	A Japanese fishery high school training ship sank about 9nmi off the south coast of Oahu, after a collision with United States Navy submarine . Nine of its crewmembers were killed, including four high school students.
I-18			A Japanese midget submarine depth-charged at Pearl Harbor.
		31 May 1946	An that was sunk as a target off Kalaeloa.
Kad’yak		1816	The Russian-American Company ship (also spelled Kad’iak and Kodiak; formerly Myrtle), wrecked at Honolulu Harbor, Oahu.
		21 May 1944	A tank landing ship sunk following the West Loch Disaster in Pearl Harbor.
		8 October 1957	A fleet oiler run aground on Maro Reef.
		4 July 1944	An S-class submarine that sunk off Oahu.
		29 October 1870	A sloop-of-war that ran aground off Kure Atoll.
San Pedro		1996	Sunk by Atlantis Submarines Hawaii as an artificial reef.
		29 May 1958	A sunk in a collision with .
		November 1960	A that was scuttled after being used as an anti-submarine warfare target.
		7 December 1941	A former battleship converted to a training and target ship lost in the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor.	21.3689°N -157.9625°W
		1989	Sunk by Atlantis Submarines Hawaii as an artificial reef.

Pitcairn Islands

Ship	Flag	Sunk date	Notes	Coordinates
Acadia		5 June 1881	A mail ship that was wrecked on Ducie Island.
Bowdon		April 1893	A ship that was wrecked on Oeno Island.
Cornwallis		23 January 1875	A ship that was wrecked on Pitcairn Island.
Khandeish		25 September 1875	A ship that was wrecked on Oeno Island.
Oregon		23 August 1883	A ship that was wrecked on Oeno Island.
		5 March 1858	A 1,500-ton clipper ship that was wrecked on Oeno Island.

Samoa

Ship	Flag	Sunk date	Notes	Coordinates
		16 March 1889	A gunboat that was wrecked in the 1889 Apia cyclone.	-13.8266°N -171.7647°W
			A warship that was wrecked in the 1889 Apia cyclone.	-13.8314°N -171.7519°W
Staghound	British Australian colony	21 November 1862	Drove ashore during a gale.
		16 March 1889	A warship that was wrecked in the 1889 Apia cyclone.

Solomon Islands

Ship	Flag	Sunk date	Notes	Coordinates
		30 January 1943	The heavy cruiser was sunk at the Battle of Rennell Island.	-11.4167°N 216°W
		6 July 1943	The light cruiser was sunk at the Battle of Kula Gulf.	-7.7667°N 157.1833°W
		13 July 1943	The Japanese light cruiser was sunk at the Battle of Kolombangara.	-7.6333°N 163°W
		13 November 1942	The light cruiser was sunk at the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal.	-10.5667°N 165°W
		5 April 1943	The Japanese Kaichū type submarine was sunk by and off the Russell Islands.	-8.25°N 216°W
		7 October 1943	The Japanese was sunk at the Naval Battle of Vella Lavella.	-7.55°N 170°W
		25 October 1942	The Japanese light cruiser was bombed by US aircraft and scuttled off Savo Island.	-8.25°N 166°W

Ironbottom Sound

Ironbottom Sound is the name given to the stretch of water between Guadalcanal and Florida Island, because of the dozens of ships and planes that sank there during the Guadalcanal Campaign in 1942–43.

Ship	Flag	Sunk date	Notes	Coordinates
		7 April 1943	The was sunk by Japanese aircraft during Operation I-Go.	-9.175°N 160.2°W
		13 November 1942	The Japanese was sunk at the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal.	-9.2833°N 215°W
		9 August 1942	The heavy cruiser was sunk at the Battle of Savo Island.	-9.2092°N 159.8675°W
		13 November 1942	The anti-aircraft cruiser was sunk at the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal.	-9.39°N 159.979°W
		15 November 1942	The Japanese was sunk by gunfire from .	-9.1667°N 211°W
		13 November 1942	The was struck by torpedoes from the Japanese destroyer .
		9 August 1942	The Kent-class cruiser was scuttled after taking damage at the Battle of Savo Island.
		30 August 1942	The was sunk by Japanese aircraft.	-9.4°N 161°W
		13 November 1942	The was sunk at the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal.
		1 February 1943	The was sunk by Japanese bomber aircraft during Operation Ke.	-9.15°N 211°W
		12 October 1942	The was sunk after taking damage in the Battle of Cape Esperance.
		11 October 1942	The Japanese was sunk at the Battle of Cape Esperance.	-9.1°N 197°W
		12 October 1942	The Japanese was sunk at the Battle of Cape Esperance.
		8 August 1942	The was sunk by Mitsubishi G4M bomber aircraft.	-9.3458°N 160.1372°W
		5 September 1942	The was sunk by the Japanese destroyers,, and .
		14 November 1942	The Japanese battleship was scuttled after taking damage at the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal.	-9°N 158.9997°W
			A Japanese military transport.
		9 August 1942	The was sunk by Japanese aircraft.	-9.7°N 217°W
		13 August 1943	The attack transport was sunk by Japanese aircraft off Lunga Point.
		2 July 1943	The Japanese auxiliary minelayer/merchant ship, sunk in Mbaeroko Bay, near Munda, during a bombing raid by American B-25 bomber aircraft.	-8.1°N 177°W
		8 April 1943	The was sunk by Japanese Aichi D3A aircraft.
			A Japanese military transport.
		15 November 1942	The Japanese battleship was sunk by .	-9.0833°N 201°W
		13 November 1942	The that was sunk at the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal.
		5 September 1942	The was sunk by the Japanese destroyers,, and .
		1 February 1942	The Japanese was scuttled after striking a naval mine.	-9.25°N 206°W
		7 April 1943	The was sunk by Japanese aircraft.
		13 November 1942	The was sunk at the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal.
		30 November 1942	The heavy cruiser was sunk at the Battle of Tassafaronga.	-9.2°N 209°W
		14 November 1942	The was sunk at the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal.
			American PT boats
		9 August 1942	The was sunk at the Battle of Savo Island.	-9.0756°N 159.975°W
		25 October 1942	The oceangoing tug was sunk off Tulagi by Japanese destroyers.	-9.3833°N 160.2206°W
		29 January 1945	The United States Coast Guard-crewed Liberty ship that exploded while anchored off Lunga Beach.
		30 November 1942	The was sunk at the Battle of Tassafaronga.	-9.23°N 159.82°W
		12 December 1942	The was torpedoed by PT-37 and PT-40.	-9.2167°N 205°W
			A Japanese military transport.
		9 August 1942	The was sunk at the Battle of Savo Island.
		15 November 1942	The was sunk at the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal.
	Liberia	30 April 2000	The cruise ship struck a reef in the Sandfly Passage and ran aground in Roderick Bay.	-9.0231°N 160.123°W
			An American yard patrol craft.
		13 November 1942	The Japanese was sunk at the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal.	-9.2333°N 211°W

References

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2. Web site: Enderbury Island, Phoenix Group, Republic of Kiribati . Janeresture.com . 28 September 2008 . 27 April 2010.
3. Web site: 9 October 2005 . Spennemann, The wreck of the Libelle and other early European Visitors to Wake Island, Central Pacific . 27 April 2010 . Marshall.csu.edu.au.
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5. Book: Taylor, Roger . Voyages of a Simple Sailor . 1 February 2008 . . 978-0955803505 . Waltham Cross.
6. 'Wreck of the Queen Bee, from London', pg 2, Nelson Evening Mail, 8 August 1877
7. Book: Malloy, Mary . "Boston Men" on the Northwest Coast: The American Maritime Fur Trade 1788-1844 . 1998 . . 978-1-895901-18-4 . 74–75.
8. Grinëv . Andrei V. . Fall 2011 . Russian Maritime Catastrophes during the Colonization of Alaska, 1741–1867 . The Pacific Northwest Quarterly . University of Washington . 102 . 4 . 178–194 . 24624633 . 1 December 2020 . Bland . Richard L..

Further reading

• Book: Diggle. Lynton. Shipwrecks of New Zealand: Companion to New Zealand Shipwrecks, 8th edition. 2014. Lynton Diggle. Auckland. 9780473197247. 2nd.
• Book: Edwards. Hugh. Australian and New Zealand Shipwrecks & Sea Tragedies. 1978. Currawong Press. Sydney. 090800110X.
• Book: Ingram. C.W.N.. Wheatley. Percy Owen. Diggle. Lynton. Diggle. Edith. Gordon. Keith. New Zealand Shipwrecks: Over 200 years of disasters at sea. 2007. Hodder Moa. Auckland. 9781869710934. 8th.
• Book: McLean. Gavin. Full astern!: an illustrated history of New Zealand shipwrecks. 2007. Grantham House. Wellington, NZ. 9781869341039.
• Book: Taylor. Peter. The Australian and New Zealand list of vessels lost, missing or taken from active service 1874-1949. 2006. Scuttlebutt Press. Newport, Vic. 9780975175460.
• Book: Wilkinson. Doug. Shipwreck : Selected New Zealand maritime accidents. 1974. Southern Press. Wellington, NZ. 1419297.

External links

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