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This is a list of shipwrecks located off the coast of England.
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Sussex
Ship Flag Sunk date Notes Coordinates RMS Alaunia United Kingdom 19 October 1916 Struck a mine off Hastings. Amsterdam 26 January 1749 A Dutch East India Company ship that ran aground near Hastings. The wreck site is protected. 52°22′21.00″N 4°54′51.48″E HMS Ariadne Royal Navy 26 July 1917 A Diadem-class cruiser torpedoed off Beachy Head by German submarine UC-65. 50.655°N 0.291°E HMS Holland 5 Royal Navy 8 August 1912 A Holland-class submarine that foundered off Beachy Head while under tow to be scrapped. 50.729°N 0.248°E RMS Moldavia United Kingdom 23 May 1918 An armed merchantman torpedoed off Beachy Head by UB-57. 50°23.13′N 0°28.72′W MV Nyon Switzerland 15 June 1962 A Swiss cargo ship that ran aground at Berwickshire in 1958, but was salvaged and repaired. It sank for the final time off Beachy Head, following a collision. MT Sitakund Norway 20 October 1968 A Norwegian motor tanker that exploded off the coast of Eastbourne. 50.719°N 0.240°E SS Storaa United Kingdom 3 November 1943 A British coaster sunk by a German torpedo near Hastings. U-40 Kriegsmarine 13 October 1939 A German submarine sunk by a mine off Eastbourne. 50°42′N 0°15′E U-413 Kriegsmarine 20 August 1944 A German submarine sunk by a mine 15 nautical miles (28 km) south of Brighton. 50°21′N 00°01′W UC-65 Kaiserliche Marine 3 November 1917 A German minelaying submarine torpedoed by HMS C15 off Eastbourne. 50°31′N 00°27′E MV Wittering United Kingdom 25 February 1976 A British Cargo Ship sunk after a collision, 11.5 nautical miles (21.3 km) off Beachy Head. Attended by Hastings Lifeboat. 50°43′N 00°37′W'Bold text'
Bristol Channel
Ship Flag Sunk date Notes Coordinates RMS Alaunia United Kingdom 19 October 1916 Struck a mine off Hastings. Amsterdam 26 January 1749 A Dutch East India Company ship that ran aground near Hastings. The wreck site is protected. 52°22′21.00″N 4°54′51.48″E HMS Ariadne Royal Navy 26 July 1917 A Diadem-class cruiser torpedoed off Beachy Head by German submarine UC-65. 50.655°N 0.291°E HMS Holland 5 Royal Navy 8 August 1912 A Holland-class submarine that foundered off Beachy Head while under tow to be scrapped. 50.729°N 0.248°E RMS Moldavia United Kingdom 23 May 1918 An armed merchantman torpedoed off Beachy Head by UB-57. 50°23.13′N 0°28.72′W MV Nyon Switzerland 15 June 1962 A Swiss cargo ship that ran aground at Berwickshire in 1958, but was salvaged and repaired. It sank for the final time off Beachy Head, following a collision. MT Sitakund Norway 20 October 1968 A Norwegian motor tanker that exploded off the coast of Eastbourne. 50.719°N 0.240°E SS Storaa United Kingdom 3 November 1943 A British coaster sunk by a German torpedo near Hastings. U-40 Kriegsmarine 13 October 1939 A German submarine sunk by a mine off Eastbourne. 50°42′N 0°15′E U-413 Kriegsmarine 20 August 1944 A German submarine sunk by a mine 15 nautical miles (28 km) south of Brighton. 50°21′N 00°01′W UC-65 Kaiserliche Marine 3 November 1917 A German minelaying submarine torpedoed by HMS C15 off Eastbourne. 50°31′N 00°27′E MV Wittering United Kingdom 25 February 1976 A British Cargo Ship sunk after a collision, 11.5 nautical miles (21.3 km) off Beachy Head. Attended by Hastings Lifeboat. 50°43′N 00°37′W'Bold text'