Famous shipwrecks you can actually check out for yourself (14 Photos)

Awesomely famous shipwrecks you can visit and explore

I’ve always been fascinated by shipwrecks, ever since I found a book about the Titanic in fourth grade. My imagination went wild with the majestic nature of giant ships that were struck by tragedy and sunk beneath the waves, into a dark and wet oblivion. I always wanted to get my scuba certification, and go explore them, but to date, it still hasn’t happened. One day.While some shipwrecks are too deep for normal people to check out (like the Titanic, which sucks), there are a whole load of ships that are either shallow enough to swim down to, or ran aground and are skeletal reminders of a sailing adventure.

Check these out.

**Baron Gautsch**
This steamboat used to be a passenger ship until World War I, when it was leased to the Austro-Hungarian army as a troop transport. It hit a minefield, and 240-390 people lost their life when it sank.It’s located 131 feet under the water, just off the coast of Rovinj, Croatia, so it’s easily accessible with scuba gear.

**SS Maheno**
This ship went from being an Australian ocean liner to a hospital ship during WWI in the European theater. After it’s noble service in the war, it was sold to a shipbreaker in Japan, but got hit by a cyclone along the way. In 1935, it was swept away and ended up washing up on Fraser Island, Australia.

**The Centaur**
This was an Australian hospital ship that was sunk by the Japanese during WWII. Despite being clearly marked as such (and therefore, considered a war crime if you sink them), it was torpedoed and sunk without warning off the coast of Australia. The wreck was discovered in 2009 off the coast of Queensland and is considered a war grave. You can visit, but with certain permissions.

**The Panagiotis**
This was a smuggling ship loaded with cigarettes, alcohol and possibly some humans back in the 1980’s. Going from Turkey to Albania, they were pursued by the Greek navy, hit stormy weather and ran aground on the island of Zakynthos. The crew ran and the contraband was seized.Now there’s a gorgeous tourist beach called Navagio Beach where you can enjoy the gorgeous water and explore the ship at your own risk.

**Dimitrios**
No one knows exactly how this ship ended up wrecked on Valtaki Beach. Most think that it was another smuggling ship that was under scrutiny, so they abandoned the ship and set it on fire. Originally, it was left 3 miles north of the beach, and it ended up washing up on shore in 1981, where it remains today.

**SMS Coln**
This was a German light cruiser that was launched in 1916, and is surprisingly intact despite being over 100 years old. It actually was a warship that never saw war. Instead, it, as well as the remainder of the 74 other German ships, were scuttled at Scapa Flow after WWI to prevent the British from using them.Now it’s a protected monument and a popular destination for divers.

**Eduard Bohlen**
Yep, that’s a shipwreck in the middle of the dessert. This 310-foot German cargo ship ran aground while cruising along Namibia’s Skeleton Coast in 1909. While it looks landlocked, it’s actually only 1,000 feet from the water. All around the wreck of the Eduard Bohlen, you can actually find other shipwrecks to explore.

**Tabarka**
This French ship has the distinction of being sunken twice. It was a cargo ship, built in 1909 and was initially sunk in 1941 as a block ship to prevent German U-boats from entering Kirk Sound in Scotland. It was later re-floated and moved 200m away and re-sunk in 1944.It’s now located in some shallow water, so it’s perfect for recreational divers to explore.

**The Satil**
This shipwreck in the Red Sea of Eliat, Israel was one of 13 missile ships that were owned by the Israeli Navy in the 60’s. Due to an arms embargo, the ship was a secret until the 1990’s, when it was sunk for mysterious reasons. Now, it’s a popular dive site.

**The Point Reyes Shipwreck**
Located in Inverness, California, this fishing boat was purchased with the intention of being refurbished, but then the owner just left it beached in the wetlands. Now it’s a popular site for tourists, photographers and hikers.

**Moskva**
This was a Russian destroyer that was sank in the Black Sea in 1941. Riddled with holes, the ship was sent to attack a Romanian port, and somehow, a torpedo, missile or mine caused the ship to explode and sink within 5 min. But it’s only beneath 149 feet of water, so you can always check that out for yourself.

**The Thistlegorm**
This ship carried out three successful voyages transporting steel rails and aircraft parts for the British forces in WWII, until it was sunk in 1941 by two German bombers in the Red Sea in Egypt.

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