Shipwrecks Quiz

Try out this Shipwrecks quiz to test your knowledge. Shipwrecks trivia explores the mishaps, storms, battles, and navigational errors that have sent vessels to the bottom across centuries of maritime history.

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Question 1 · Hard · 40 pts
Trickier than it sounds: which famous vessel was found abandoned in 1872, even though it was not technically a wreck when discovered?
Question 2 · Hard · 40 pts
Which wreck was discovered by sponge divers in 1900?
Question 3 · Hard · 40 pts
Name the shipwreck excavated mainly during the 1980s off Turkey's southern coast.?
Question 4 · Hard · 40 pts
At Spithead in 1782, which warship sank during a heeling operation for maintenance?
Question 5 · Hard · 40 pts
Which ship was sunk in the Baltic Sea in 1945?
Question 6 · Hard · 40 pts
After colliding with Storstad in 1914, which liner sank in the Saint Lawrence River?
Question 7 · Hard · 40 pts
Which White Star Line ocean liner sank off Nova Scotia in 1873?
Question 8 · Hard · 40 pts
Off Anglesey during a storm in 1859, which ship met its end?
Question 9 · Hard · 40 pts
Which steamship sank in 1854 after colliding with the Vesta?
Question 10 · Hard · 40 pts
Which vessel went down in a hurricane in 1857 while carrying California gold?
Question 11 · Hard · 40 pts
Which English slave ship wrecked near the Florida Keys in 1700?
Question 12 · Hard · 40 pts
One of La Salle's ships was found in Matagorda Bay in 1995. Which one?
Question 13 · Hard · 40 pts
Near Lisbon in 1606, which Portuguese carrack sank?
Question 14 · Easy · 10 pts
Which lighthouse heroine became famous for helping rescue survivors from the Forfarshire in 1838?
Question 15 · Easy · 10 pts
What was the name of the paddle steamer that wrecked near the Farne Islands in 1838?

Trickier than it sounds: which famous vessel was found abandoned in 1872, even though it was not technically a wreck when discovered?

Which wreck was discovered by sponge divers in 1900?

Name the shipwreck excavated mainly during the 1980s off Turkey's southern coast.?

At Spithead in 1782, which warship sank during a heeling operation for maintenance?

Which ship was sunk in the Baltic Sea in 1945?

After colliding with Storstad in 1914, which liner sank in the Saint Lawrence River?

Which White Star Line ocean liner sank off Nova Scotia in 1873?

Off Anglesey during a storm in 1859, which ship met its end?

Which steamship sank in 1854 after colliding with the Vesta?

Which vessel went down in a hurricane in 1857 while carrying California gold?

Which English slave ship wrecked near the Florida Keys in 1700?

One of La Salle's ships was found in Matagorda Bay in 1995. Which one?

Near Lisbon in 1606, which Portuguese carrack sank?

Which lighthouse heroine became famous for helping rescue survivors from the Forfarshire in 1838?

What was the name of the paddle steamer that wrecked near the Farne Islands in 1838?