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December 2024 Updates

The following changes were made to the database in December:

  • 11 records were moved to a better location
  • 2 records were deleted
  • 29 records were edited
  • 11 records were added

The following sunken vessels were added to the map:

  • Asturias, sunk 24 July 1943
  • Ben Hann, sunk 11 November 1941
  • Inkosi, sunk 7 September 1940
  • Parracombe, sunk 2 May 1941
  • Scalaria, sunk 19 October 1942
  • Statira, sunk 3 August 1940
  • Tafelberg, sunk 28 January 1941
  • Taiyuan, sunk 8 March 1942
  • Turbo, sunk 4 April 1942
  • Tynefield, sunk 5 October 1941
  • Warfield, sunk 15 August 1943

There are now 15,458 sunken ships on the map. See them all here.

November 2024 Updates

Even after years of working on this project, there are still fixes and additions to be made.

The following changes have been made to the database in November:

  • 3 records were moved to a better location
  • 3 records were deleted
  • 37 record were edited
  • 7 records were added

The following sunken vessels were added to the map:

  • Feolant, sunk 25 August 1941
  • Hermes, sunk 4 June 1941
  • Hetman Żółkiewski, sunk 29 September 1939
  • Imperial Star, sunk 28 September 1941
  • La Paz, sunk 1 May 1942
  • Manaqui, sunk 16 March 1942
  • Umtata, sunk 11 March 1942

There are now 15,449 sunken ships on the map. See them in an interactive map!

September 2024 Updates

The following changes have been made to the database:

  • 7 records were moved to a better location
  • 2 records were deleted
  • 1 record was edited
  • 21 records were added

The following sunken vessels were added to the map:

  • A6, sunk 2 June 1941
  • A20, sunk 2 June 1941
  • Ammon, sunk 17 January 1945
  • Arion, sunk 11 Amarch 1945
  • Christian Russ, sunk 25 July 1943
  • Dockenhuden, sunk 17 April 1945
  • Eilbek, sunk 4 November 1944
  • Ernsriff, sunk 29 July 1944 (constructive loss)
  • Griep, sunk 17 January 1945
  • Haukefjell, sunk 24 February 1945
  • Henry John, sunk 18 June 1944
  • Mangan, sunk 17 January 1945
  • Mannheim, sunk 31 December 1944
  • Oxhöft, sunk 6 November 1944
  • Randwijk, sunk 25 October 1944
  • Rival, sunk 31 December 1945
  • Robert Ley, sunk 24 March 1945 (constructive loss)
  • Schurbek, sunk 12 March 1945 (constructive loss)
  • Stettiner Greif, sunk 6 November 1944
  • Taifun, sunk 3 May 1945
  • Tilly T M Russ, sunk 11 June 1941

Most of these ships were sunk in and around Hamburg, Germany. Read my Instagram post on the topic.

There are now 15,445 sunken ships on the map. See them in an interactive map!

August 2024 Updates

The following changes have been made to the database:

  • 4 records moved to a better location
  • 3 records deleted
  • 30 recorded edited
  • 13 records added

The following sunken vessels were added to the map:

  • Balorean, sunk 1 September 1943
  • Changteh, sunk 14 February 1942
  • Elsa, sunk 6 April 1942
  • Hartm Fritzen, sunk 12 February 1944
  • Hermod, sunk 6 April 1942
  • Inn, sunk 5 September 1939
  • Jarak, sunk 17 February 1942
  • Jupiter, sunk 12 May 1944
  • La Plata, sunk 4 April 1943
  • Sofia, sunk 7 March 1945
  • Tatsumiya Maru, sunk 30 July 1945
  • Tento, sunk 6 May 1944
  • Thesselia, sunk 11 November 1942

There are now 15,423 sunken ships on the map. See them in an interactive map!

April 2024 Updates

The following changes have been made to the database:

  • 8 records edited (additional links, corrections)
  • 3 records moved to better locations
  • 5 records added

The following sunken vessels were added to the map:

  • Dalny, sunk 4 June 1943
  • Gonneville, sunk 20 August 1944
  • H23 Grandlieu, sunk 20 June 1944
  • Molch, sunk 2 May 1945
  • Taurus, sunk 7 July 1944

See them on the map.

February 2024 Updates

The following changes have been made to the database of sunken ships:

  • 6 records edited (additional links, corrections)
  • 4 records moved to better locations
  • 1 record deleted
  • 7 records added

The following sunken vessels were added to the database:

  • Bahia Castillo, sunk on 1 May 1940
  • Berlin, sunk on 1 February 1945
  • Nioi, sunk on 29 October 1943
  • RD-4, sunk on 29 January 1943
  • Sifnos, sunk on 4 March 1944
  • U-1407, sunk on 4 May 1945
  • U-4708, sunk on 9 April 1945

See them all on the map.

January 2024 Updates

A shorter list of updates to the database for January.

  • 5 records edited (additional links, corrections)
  • 1 record moved to a better location
  • 1 record deleted
  • 10 records added

The following sunken vessels were added to the database:

  • Kentucky, sunk 15 June 1942
  • TA 24 Arturo, sunk 18 March 1945
  • TA 29 Eridano, sunk 18 March 1945
  • U-684, sunk 3 May 1945
  • U-685, sunk 3 May 1945
  • U-2501, sunk 3 May 1945
  • U-2505, sunk 3 May 1945
  • U-3504, sunk 3 May 1945
  • U-3506, sunk 3 May 1945
  • Volante, sunk 12 July 1940

Read about the discovery of the 6 U-boats mentioned here that were scuttled at the end of the war in Europe in the U-boat bunkers in Hamburg.