List of shipwrecks of Massachusetts


This is a list of shipwrecks located off the coast of Massachusetts.

Barnstable County

Due to its dangerously hidden and constantly moving shoals located just off-shore, Cape Cod's coastline from Chatham to Provincetown – a mere fifty-mile stretch of sea – has been called an "ocean graveyard", containing over 3,000 shipwrecks.
ShipFlagSunk dateNotesCoordinates
Alva25 July 1892A luxury yacht that was rammed in fog by the steamer H. F. Dimock off Chatham.
Aransas7 May 1905A passenger steamer that collided with the schooner barge Glendower in fog, off Chatham.
July 1945A that sank in a collision off Cape Cod.
Dixie Sword12 February 1942A cargo ship that foundered in a storm off Monomoy Island, and is thought to have been torpedoed.
Emmy RoseNovember 23, 2020An long fishing vessel, lost in a storm about northeast of Provincetown, Massachusetts with four crew members aboard, all presumed deceased.
General Greene6 March 1960A United States Coast Guard Cutter that was blown onto a beach at Sandwich while disabled in storm.
Horatio Hall10 March 1909A steamship that collided in fog with the freighter H. F. Dimock, east of Chatham.
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