The Bahamas
The banks, the Tongue of the Ocean and Abaco
Shallow banks, blue holes and narrow reef passages made the Bahamas both a shipping route and a wrecking ground, and the islands once lived by salvage.
Reefs off Abaco, Bimini, Eleuthera and the Berry Islands hold wrecks from Spanish vessels to steamers and Civil War blockade runners.
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Records in These Waters
Historical ListingAustin Smith
AH-WR-1281Normans Cay, Exuma Cays
1995 · Patrol Cutter · 18-20 meters deep
AvailableBlenheim
AH-WR-1338James Point, Eleuthera Island
1882 · Cargo Steamship
AvailableCarnarvon
AH-WR-1339Devil's Backbone, north Eleuthera
Year only; some dive sources give 1918. · Freighter · 30 ft deep
AvailableCienfuegos
AH-WR-1336Devil's Backbone, north Eleuthera
1895 · Passenger Steamship · 10-35 deep
Historical ListingDavid Tucker
AH-WR-1282Clifton Wall, New Providence
1997 · Patrol Boat · 38-50 deep
RegisteredFancy
AH-WR-1424Nassau Harbour, New Providence, The Bahamas
Traditionally said to have been stripped and scuttled or abandoned in Nassau harbor after 1696. · Pirate Frigate
AvailableGeneral Colocotronis
AH-WR-1342Governor's Harbour, Eleuthera Island
1968 · Oil Tanker
AvailableGeneral Oglethorpe
AH-WR-1290Little Abaco Island
1802 · Sailing Vessel
Historical ListingHMS Bermuda
AH-WR-1462Memory Rock, Little Bahama Bank
1808 · Sloop-Of-War
Historical ListingHMS Conqueror
AH-WR-1334Rum Cay
1861 · Ship Of The Line · 30 ft deep
Historical ListingHMS Nimble
AH-WR-1449A reef in the Bahamas
Year only; precise date not established in sources reviewed. · Schooner
Historical ListingHMS Racer
AH-WR-1442Cay Sal Bank
1814 · Letter Of Marque / Privateer Schooner
Historical ListingHMS Southampton
AH-WR-1284Conception Island
1812 · Frigate · 10-25 deep
Historical ListingHMS Wolf
AH-WR-1461The Bahamas
1806 · Sloop-Of-War
AvailableMahoney
AH-WR-1291Off Paradise Island, Nassau
1929 · Steamship · 90-100 deep
AvailableMissouri
AH-WR-1341Gingerbread Grounds, Berry Islands
1873 · Passenger And Cargo Steamship
AvailableMV Comberbach
AH-WR-1279Cape Santa Maria, Long Island
1986 · Coastal Freighter · 60-100 deep
AvailableMV Island Cement
AH-WR-1278Silver Point, Grand Bahama
1982 · Bulk Cement Carrier · 65-105 deep
AvailableMV Willaurie
AH-WR-1280Goulding Cay, New Providence
1988 · Mailboat / Freighter · 45-55 deep
AvailableNuestra Señora de las Maravillas
AH-WR-1286Western Little Bahama Bank
1656 · Galleon
AvailablePeter Mowell
AH-WR-1289Lynyard Cay, Abaco
1860 · Schooner
AvailableRay of Hope
AH-WR-1283Southwest New Providence, near the Tongue of the Ocean
2003 · Freighter · 40-60 deep
AvailableSea Star II
AH-WR-1287South shore, Grand Bahama
2002 · Freighter · 60-93 deep
RegisteredSS Sapona
AH-WR-1277South Bimini
1926 · Cargo Steamer · 10-20 deep
AvailableTears of Allah
AH-WR-1288West of Clifton Pier, New Providence
Sunk in the early 1980s as a film prop for the 1983 James Bond film 'Never Say Never Again'; exact date not established. · Freighter/Tugboat · 40-45 deep
Historical ListingUSS Adirondack
AH-WR-1285Man-O-War Cay, Abaco
1862 · Screw Sloop Of War · 13-20 deep
Historical ListingUSS Boston
AH-WR-1335Devil's Backbone, Eleuthera Island
1846 · Sloop Of War
Historical ListingUSS Chippewa
AH-WR-1457Northwest Point, Providenciales
1816 · Naval Brig
AvailableVanaheim
AH-WR-1337Devil's Backbone, north Eleuthera
Year only; exact date not established. · Freighter · 5-15 deep
AvailableYungay
AH-WR-1340Governor's Harbour, Eleuthera Island
1928 · Coasting Steamship
