Wreks of Oregon

A sample listing from the Madagascar report.

Ship Name:

Adventure Galley

-mm/dd/yyyy:

06/??/1698

Description:

Lat:

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Last Known Location:

Madagascar

Vessel Type:

Sail

Nationality:

O/S File:

Data:

Burned at St Mary's Island at above location. Stuck on a sand bar in shallow water. Pirate Kidd's vessel

Ship Name:

Alice F Palmer

-mm/dd/yyyy:

07/10/1943

Description:

Liberty Ship

Lat:

S:026.30.00

Long:

E:044.20.00

Last Known Location:

Madagascar

Vessel Type:

Steamer

Nationality:

American

O/S File:

Data:

7,176 tons. 422.8ft x 57ft. Built in 1943 by California SB Corp. Owned by the US War Shipping Administration. Torpedoed by U-177 off Madegascar. Bound Colombo to Durban. Location also shown as E:44.10.

Ship Name:

Alkmaar

-mm/dd/yyyy:

??/??/1604

Description:

Wooden Hull

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Last Known Location:

Madagascar

Vessel Type:

EastIndiaman

Nationality:

Dutch

O/S File:

Data:

Abandoned at Bay of Antongil. Madagascar. Homeward bound to Holland.

Ship Name:

Amanda

-mm/dd/yyyy:

03/04/1927

Description:

Steel Hull

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Long:

Last Known Location:

Madagascar

Vessel Type:

Steamer

Nationality:

Norwegian

O/S File:

Data:

1,170 tons. 225.3ft x 33.7ft. Built in 1906 by Alers Mek. Vaerks. Owned by J P Pederson and Son. Foundered in a cyclone at Toamasina. Cargo of silver. Also shown lost at Tamatave.

Ship Name:

Ambriz

-mm/dd/yyyy:

02/??/1903

Description:

Iron Hull

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Last Known Location:

Madagascar

Vessel Type:

Steamer

Nationality:

British

O/S File:

Data:

2,122 tons. 99m x 10m. 1 funnel, 3 masts, 1 prop. Wrecked on coast of location. Built 1871 at Liverpool by Thomas Royden and Sons for the White Star Line as ASIATIC. Sister ship TROPIC. Owned by the Elder Dempster Line. May have been sold to a French company on 1903.

Ship Name:

Amity

-mm/dd/yyyy:

??/??/1693

Description:

Pirate Vessel

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Last Known Location:

Madagascar

Vessel Type:

Sloop

Nationality:

O/S File:

Data:

Wrecked in a Bay. C/O Tew.

Ship Name:

Anne

-mm/dd/yyyy:

??/??/1687

Description:

Wooden Hull- 18 gun

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Long:

Last Known Location:

Madagascar

Vessel Type:

EastIndiaman

Nationality:

British

O/S File:

Data:

120 tons. Foundered off location. C/O William Frack. Bound UK to Fort at Madagascar. Crew of 25.

Ship Name:

Arnhem

-mm/dd/yyyy:

03/12/1662

Description:

Wooden Hull

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Long:

Last Known Location:

Madagascar

Vessel Type:

EastIndiaman

Nationality:

Dutch

O/S File:

Data:

1,000 tons. Wrecked at Brandao Isle, in the Cargados Shoals, East of location. Bound Jakarta to Holland. Cargo of precious stones and porcelain. Some lists show lost in February 1660 between Mauritius and Madagascar. .

Ship Name:

Ashruf

-mm/dd/yyyy:

??/??/1905

Description:

Steel Hull

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Long:

Last Known Location:

Madagascar

Vessel Type:

Steamer

Nationality:

British

O/S File:

Data:

3,782 tons. 378ft x 42ft. Built in 1871 as PESHAWUR by Caird and Co, Greenock. Yard No 164. Built for P&O Line of London. Later re-named.

Ship Name:

Aurora

-mm/dd/yyyy:

01/??/1770

Description:

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Last Known Location:

Madagascar

Vessel Type:

Frigate

Nationality:

British

O/S File:

Data:

Foundered NE of location. Bound UK to India. Cargo of specie

Ship Name:

Bagdad

-mm/dd/yyyy:

??/??/1935

Description:

Steel Hull

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Last Known Location:

Madagascar

Vessel Type:

Steamer

Nationality:

French

O/S File:

00716

Data:

2,492 tons. Built in 1891 as ATHENAI. 1895 purchased by Compagnie des Messageries Maritimes from Panhellenic S.S.Co, Piraeus and renamed BAGDAD. Employed on Madagascar coastal service. 1935 wrecked on Madagascar coast, exact location not known.

Ship Name:

Bateleur

-mm/dd/yyyy:

08/??/1983

Description:

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Last Known Location:

Madagascar

Vessel Type:

Tug

Nationality:

British

O/S File:

Data:

287 tons. Foundered while aiding VATSY 2 near Isle St Marie, East of Malagasy.

Ship Name:

Benavon

-mm/dd/yyyy:

09/12/1940

Description:

Steel Hull

Lat:

S:026.00.00

Long:

E:051.00.00

Last Known Location:

Madagascar

Vessel Type:

Steamer

Nationality:

British

O/S File:

Data:

5,872 tons. 425ft x 56ft. Built in 1930 by Lithgows, Port Glasgow. Yard No 834. Home Port Leith. Launched May 27th 1930. Owned by the Ben Line. Sunk by gunfire off Madagascar from German Raider PINGUIN that had been disguised as the Norwegian cargo vessel TRAFALGAR. Lives lost 23. Cargo of hemp and rubber. Bound Penang to the UK. Location also shown as S:25.20. E:52.17.

Ship Name:

Bengalia

-mm/dd/yyyy:

??/??/1905

Description:

Steel Hull

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Long:

Last Known Location:

Madagascar

Vessel Type:

Steamer

Nationality:

German

O/S File:

Data:

7,661 tons. Stranded on the coast of Madagascar, exact location not known. Owned by the Hamburg America Line.

Ship Name:

Bom Jesus

-mm/dd/yyyy:

??/??/1590

Description:

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Long:

Last Known Location:

Madagascar

Vessel Type:

EastIndiaman

Nationality:

Portuguese

O/S File:

Data:

Wrecked on reefs some distance Northeast of Madagascar. Bound Lisbon to Goa, Cargo of coins

Ship Name:

Bougainville

-mm/dd/yyyy:

05/05/1942

Description:

Auxil

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Long:

Last Known Location:

Madagascar

Vessel Type:

Cruiser

Nationality:

French

O/S File:

Data:

7,200 tons. 415ft x 54ft. Built in 1913 by Forg st Chant de la Medit. French auxil' cruiser. Carried 5 inch guns. Sunk by British invasion aircraft at Northern Madagascar.

Ship Name:

British Commander

-mm/dd/yyyy:

08/26/1940

Description:

Steel Hull

Lat:

S:029.37.00

Long:

E:045.50.00

Last Known Location:

Madagascar

Vessel Type:

Tanker

Nationality:

British

O/S File:

Data:

6,901 tons. Built in 1922 by Caledon SB and E Co. Owned by British Tanker Co. Sunk by gunfire and torpedo from German Raider PINGUIN in ballast. Also show lost at S:29.30. E:46.06.

Ship Name:

British Loyalty

-mm/dd/yyyy:

05/30/1942

Description:

Steel Hull

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Long:

Last Known Location:

Madagascar

Vessel Type:

Tanker

Nationality:

British

O/S File:

Data:

6,993 tons. Sunk by torpedo from midget sub from IJN Submarine I-20, off Madagascar. No other information.

Ship Name:

British Venture

-mm/dd/yyyy:

06/24/1943

Description:

Steel Hull

Lat:

S:025.13.00

Long:

E:058.02.00

Last Known Location:

Madagascar

Vessel Type:

Tanker

Nationality:

British

O/S File:

Data:

4,696 tons. 384.6ft x 50.2ft. Built in 1930 by Lithgows, Port Glasgow. Yard No 847. Owned by the British Tanker Company. C/O D C Barton. Torpedoed by Japanese submarine I-27 in the Indian Ocean, around 300 miles south of Reunion Island. 12 Europeans including her captain and 30 Indians were killed. At the time she was not in convoy.

Ship Name:

Catinat

-mm/dd/yyyy:

03/03/1927

Description:

Steel Hull

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Long:

Last Known Location:

Madagascar

Vessel Type:

Steamer

Nationality:

French

O/S File:

Data:

7,113 tons. 472ft x 61ft. Built in 1913 by J C Tecklenborg A G. Owned by SCoc Den d'Armement. Ran ashore at Tamatave afer collision and was completely wrecked.

Ship Name:

Clan MacArthur

-mm/dd/yyyy:

08/11/1943

Description:

Steel Hull

Lat:

S:023.00.00

Long:

E:053.11.00

Last Known Location:

Madagascar

Vessel Type:

Steamer

Nationality:

British

O/S File:

Data:

10,528 tons. 477.1ft x 66.2ft. Launched 14 October 1935 by Greenock Dockyard Co, Greenock. Yard No 423. Built for Clan Line Steamers Ltd, Glasgow. Home port Glasgow. Built in 1936. C/O J D Matthews. Torpedoed three times by U-181 about 350 miles east of Farafangan, Madagascar. Had dispersed from Convoy DN-55. Lives lost 52. Of a complement of 151, there were only 99 survivors to be rescued by a French Sloop.

Ship Name:

Conway Castle

-mm/dd/yyyy:

05/11/1893

Description:

Steel Hull

Lat:

Long:

Last Known Location:

Madagascar

Vessel Type:

Steamer

Nationality:

British

O/S File:

Data:

2,966 tons. 349.2ft x 39.3ft. Built in 1877 by R Napier and Sons. Owned by the Castle Line from 1877 to 1893. Bound London to Mauritius. Grounded at Vatoumandry, Madagascar. Also shown lost 50 miles South of Cape Tematave.

Ship Name:

Cornish City

-mm/dd/yyyy:

07/29/1943

Description:

Steel Hull

Lat:

S:027.20.00

Long:

E:052.10.00

Last Known Location:

Madagascar

Vessel Type:

Steamer

Nationality:

British

O/S File:

Data:

4,952 tons. 426.5ft x 56.2ft. Built in 1936 by Furness SB Co. Owned by Leeds Shipping Co (Sir W Reardon Smith and Sons). C/O H T Isaac. Torpedoed by U-177 SE of location. Home port Cardiff. Lives lost 37. Survivors rescued by HMAS NIZAM. Also shown as lost at S:27.40. E:52.15.