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Shipwrecks of Nova Scotia
Wreck List
The province of Nova Scotia (including Cape Breton Island) has over 4,000 miles of jagged coastline and is almost surrounded by water. Over the past few centuries, thousands of ships have been wrecked in its cold clear waters. These wrecks occurred for a variety of reasons including, storms, fog, navigation errors and wars. Shipwrecks happen less frequently these days, but every once in a while, one still occurs. Nova Scotia has the greatest collection of shipwrecks in North America and is a popular destination for wreck divers.Below is a partial list of the wrecks located in the waters of Nova Scotia. Clicking on a Vessel Name will take you to a wreck data page, where you'll find the ship's history, specifications, and pictures (when available). In most cases, you'll also find a link to a wreck location chart. To return to this page, use your browser's Back arrow.
As you browse through this list, you will see that the number of wrecks is relatively small, and that we have very little information on some of those that are included. If you have additional information and/or pictures that you'd like to share, we'd love to hear from you. Please contact our editor at the address below and let us know what you have. If we use your information, we'll be sure to add your name to our Contributors list.
Shipwrecks of Nova Scotia Vessel Name Type Lost NS/CB* Location Depth A.W. Perry ** Freighter 1915 NS
Off Halifax Aberdeen ** Tender 1923 NS Off Seal Island 30' Acorn Sloop 1824 NS Off Halifax Adalia ** Steamer 1872 CB Saint Paul Island Advance ** Steamer 1923 NS Off Halifax 40' Afghan Prince ** Freighter 1918 CB Off Cape Gabarus 20' Alexander Macomb ** Freighter 1942 NS South of Shelburne 170' Anglo-Saxon ** Clipper 1847 NS Off Cape Sable Arcola Steamer 1908 CB Saint Paul Island Arrow ** Tanker 1970 CB Off West Arichat 80' Arctic Prince Sealer 1963 NS Halifax Harbour Assaye ** Steamer 1897 NS Off Seal Island Astraea Sailing 1834 CB Off Little Lorraine Athelviking ** Tanker 1945 NS Off Halifax 300' Atlantic ** Steamer 1873 NS Off Prospect 80' Auguste ** Sailing 1761 CB Aspy Bay Ben Earn Freighter 1911 NS Near Cape Sable Billow ** Brig 1831 NS Off Lockeport Binghamton Freighter 1921 NS Off Yarmouth Blaamanden ** Freighter 1902 NS Off Canso HMS Blonde Warship 1782 NS Off Seal Island Blue Goose Schooner 1961 NS Off Halifax Bohemian ** Steamer 1920 NS Off Halifax 75' Brantford City Steamer 1883 NS Off Lockeport Bridgeport ** Freighter 1913 CB Gulf St. Lawrence British Freedom ** Tanker 1945 NS Off Halifax 210' SS Bruce ** Ferry 1911 CB Scatarie Island Callisto ** Freighter 1928 CB Off Cape Breton Pt. 80' Canby Freighter 1934 CB Off Cape Gabarus 50' Cape Agulhas Trawler 1956 NS Halifax Harbour Cape Bonnie ** Trawler 1967 NS Off Prospect Cape Breton Collier 1920 CB Scatarie Island Caribou ** Ferry 1942 CB Off Sydney 1,500' Carita ** Freighter 1975 CB Money Point Castilian ** Steamer 1899 NS Near Yarmouth Cedar Grove ** Steamer 1882 NS Off Canso 60' Celebre ** Warship 1758 CB Louisbourg Harbour 20' Charlottetown ** Ferry 1941 NS Off Port Mouton Chameau Payship 1725 CB Off Cape Breton Pt. Chelston Freighter 1919 CB Saint Paul Island HMS Chubb Warship 1700s NS Off Halifax Ciss Freighter 1940 CB Off Scatarie Island City of Agra Barque 1907 NS Off Cape Sable 20' City of Boston ** Steamer 1870 NS North Atlantic City of Brunswick Freighter 1921 NS Off Halifax City of Colombo ** Freighter 1921 NS Off Digby Neck City of Monticello ** Steamer 1900 NS Off Yarmouth City of Sydney ** Freighter 1914 NS Off Halifax 60' City of Vienna Freighter 1918 NS Off Halifax 70' City of Washington ** Steamer 1873 NS Off Port L'Hebert Clare Lilley ** Freighter 1942 NS Halifax Harbour 50' HMCS Clayoquot ** Minesw. 1944 NS Off Halifax 330' Cobequid ** Steamer 1914 NS Off Port Maitland Columbia Steamer 1843 NS Near Yarmouth Corinthian ** Steamer 1918 NS Near Digby 60' Costa Rican Trader ** Freighter 1967 NS Halifax Harbour 85' Damara ** Steamer 1905 NS Off Jeddore Daniel Steinmann ** Steamer 1884 NS Off Halifax 80' Deliverance ** Tender 1917 NS Halifax Harbour 120' Dominion ** Steamer 1893 NS Off Lunenburg Dorcas ** Tug 1893 NS Off Lawrencetown Drumalis ** Barque 1901 NS Off Cape Sable Ealing ** Freighter 1896 NS Off Drumhead Elena ** Freighter 1906 NS Off Baccaro Point Emmy Freighter 1942 CB Morien Bay Empire Kingfisher ** Freighter 1942 NS Off Baccaro 160' Empire Story Freighter 1942 NS Off Digby Neck Empire Sun Freighter 1942 NS Off Halifax HMCS Esquimalt ** Minesw. 1945 NS Off Halifax 300'+ Erg ** Tug 1943 NS Halifax Harbour 60' Etta Stewart ** Barge 1893 NS Off Lawrencetown Evelyn Freighter 1913 CB Off Louisbourg 60' Express ** Steamer 1898 NS Near Cape Sable Fairy Queen Ferry 1853 NS Off Pictou HMS Fantome ** Brig 1814 NS Off Prospect Fermont ** Freighter 1991 NS Seal Island HMS Feversham Frigate 1711 CB Scatarie Island 15' Finchley Freighter 1884 NS Country Harbour 90' Fjord Steamer 1936 NS Off Lockeport Floriston ** Freighter 1914 CB Off Cape Gabarus 50' Fort Louisbourg Trawler 1972 NS Halifax Harbour Fury ** Freighter 1964 NS Near Country Harb. George B. Cluett ** Schooner 1945 NS Off Pictou Island 43' Gerona ** Steamer 1897 NS Near Cape Sable Gertrude De Costa Fishing 1950 NS Halifax Harbour 90' Gertrude Rask ** Freighter 1942 NS Off Baccaro Glendyne ** Tug 1977 NS Halifax Harbour Gloriana ** Fishing 1903 NS Off Canso Gold Bond Conv. ** Freighter 1993 NS Off Yarmouth Gov. Cornwallis ** Ferry 1944 NS Halifax Harbour Graig Freighter 1940 NS Off Halifax Halfish Dragger 1966 NS Off Halifax 150' Halhawk Trawler 1959 NS Off Lawrencetown Halifax Lightship ** Lightship 1914 NS Off Liscomb Haloodan Freighter 1911 CB Off Cape Gabarus 50' Harlaw ** Steamer 1911 CB Saint Paul Island Havana Salvage 1906 NS Halifax Harbour 100' Hebridean ** Pilot Bt. 1940 NS Halifax Harbour Herman Frasch ** Freighter 1918 NS North Atlantic Hesper Steamer 1896 NS Off Lockeport Humboldt ** Steamer 1853 NS Halifax Harbour Hungarian ** Steamer 1860 NS Off Cape Sable 30' Iceland II ** Trawler 1967 CB Off Fourchu Imo ** Freighter 1917 NS Halifax Harbour Imogene ** Freighter 1940 NS Off Canso Indian ** Steamer 1859 NS Off Marie Joseph Inverault Steamer 1884 NS Pictou Island Isleworth Steamer 1912 NS Halifax Harbour 130' Jessie Barque 1825 CB Saint Paul Island Kaaparen ** Freighter 1942 NS Off Halifax 250' Kenkerry ** Freighter 1935 NS Halifax Harbour Keta V ** Tug 2000 NS Liverpool Bay Kildona Steamer 1907 NS Near Cape Sable Kismet II ** Freighter 1955 CB Cape North Kolkhosnik ** Freighter 1942 NS Off Halifax 145' Kurdistan ** Tanker 1979 CB 50 miles off Sydney Deep L-26 ** Br. Sub 1946 NS Off Peggy's Cove 180' La Bourgogne ** Steamer 1898 NS Off Sable Island l'Acadien II Trawler 2008 CB Off Cape North Lady of Gaspe ** Steamer 1921 NS Halifax Harbour Langley Ridge Freighter 1935 CB Off Cape Gabarus 20' HMS Leonidas Sailing 1832 CB Scatarie Island Letitia ** Steamer 1917 NS Halifax Harbour 90' Liverpool Packet ** Freighter 1942 NS Off Seal Island 210' Luz Blanca ** Tanker 1918 NS SW of Halifax Madge of Wild Fire Sailing 1850s CB Scatarie Island 50' Marion ** Steamer 1922 CB Bras D'Or Lake HMS Mars Warship 1755 NS Halifax Harbour Martin Van Buren ** Freighter 1945 NS Off Halifax 50' Matthew Atlantic ** Trawler 1998 NS Port Mouton 40' Melmerby ** Bark 1890 NS Near New Glasgow Merrimac ** Steamer 1887 NS Off Port Mouton HMCS Middlesex ** Escort 1946 NS Off Lawrencetown Minerva Sailing 1871 CB Saint Paul Island Montara ** Freighter 1920 CB East of Louisbourg 60' Mont Blanc ** Freighter 1917 NS Halifax Harbour Moravian ** Steamer 1881 NS Near Cape Sable Mount Temple ** Steamer 1907 NS Off LaHave Musquash Tug 1921 CB Off St. Esprit Napoleon III Tender 1890 CB Little Glace Bay North Star Steamer 1919 NS Near Yarmouth 40' Norwegian Steamer 1863 CB Saint Paul Island Nueva Andalucia Tanker 1942 NS Off Halifax Odysseus ** Freighter 1945 NS Halifax Harbour Orinoco ** Freighter 1907 NS Off Seal Island 20' Ottawa Steamer 1891 NS Near Cape Sable HMCS Otter ** Patrol 1941 NS Off Halifax 300' Pallas Barque 1826 CB Saint Paul Island Para Steamer 1880 NS Near Cape Sable 96' Parisian ** Steamer 1905 NS Halifax Harbour Patrick Morris ** Ferry 1970 CB Off Cape Smokey 300' Petra Barque 1910 NS Off Halifax HMS Phoenix ** Sloop 1882 - Off East Point, PEI Planet Mercury Freighter 1900 NS Off Seal Island Portia ** Steamer 1899 NS Off Halifax 60' Prudent Warship 1758 CB Louisbourg Harbour 20' Raifuku Maru ** Freighter 1925 NS Off Halifax Renwick Collier 1911 NS Off Country Harbour River Wye Schoon. 1923 NS Off Shelburne Romsdalsfjord Freighter 1920 NS Off Halifax Rutenfjell Freighter 1934 CB Near White Point HMCS Saguenay ** Destroy. 1994 NS Off Lunenburg 90' St. Cuthbert ** Freighter 1908 NS Off Cape Sable Saladin Barque 1844 NS Country Harbour Salerno ** Freighter 1905 NS Halifax Harbour 90' Saltwell ** Steamer 1873 CB Scatarie Island Scotia ** Steamer 1921 NS Off Drumhead Scud Steamer 1882 NS Off Lunenburg Sibylle Sailing 1834 CB Saint Paul Island Skottland Freighter 1942 NS Off Yarmouth 600' Sonja Maersk ** Freighter 1942 NS Halifax Harbour Sovereign Troop 1814 CB Saint Paul Island Staffordshire ** Clipper 1853 NS Off Seal Island Stella Maris ** Tug 1917 NS Halifax Harbour Sulina ** Steamer 1886 NS Off Cape Sable 20' Tegean ** Freighter 1966 NS Halifax Harbour Thordoc Freighter 1940 CB Near Louisbourg Tiber ** Freighter 1902 NS Off Canso HMS Tilbury Warship 1757 CB Near Louisbourg HMS Tribune ** Frigate 1797 NS Halifax Harbour 60' Triton ** Sailing 1745 CB CB southeast coast Turret Bay Freighter 1904 CB Saint Paul Island Tuscarora ** Freighter 1917 CB Saint Paul Island U-190 ** Sub 1947 NS Off Halifax 300'+ U-215 ** Sub 1942 NS South of Shelburne 170' Uranium ** Steamer 1913 NS Halifax Harbour Viceroy ** Steamer 1850 NS Near Cape Sable Volunda Freighter 1921 CB Near Aspy Bay Watford ** Collier 1932 CB Near Glace Bay Western Rum R. 1926 NS Near Cape Sable West Jaffrey Freighter 1942 NS Near Yarmouth 120' William Abrams Sailing 1846 NS Near Yarmouth HMCS Ypres ** Trawler 1940 NS Halifax Harbour Zoe Steamer 1871 NS Off Halifax * Nova Scotia mainland (NS), Cape Breton (CB)
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