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Referencing may look daunting, but it's easy enough to do. Here's a guide to getting started. References are important to validate your writing and inform the reader. Any editor can remove unreferenced material, and unsubstantiated articles may end up getting deleted, so when you add something to an article, it's advisable to also include a reference to say from where it came. If you need any assistance, let me know.

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This list of shipwrecks is a list of those sunken or grounded ships whose remains have been located.

Ship Sunk date Notes Coordinates

Africa[edit]

East Africa[edit]

Bredenhof 6 June 1753 A Dutch East Indiaman carrying copper "duits," silver bars, and gold ducats, which hit a reef thirteen miles (19 km) from the eastern coast of Africa and 120 miles (190 km) south of the Portuguese settlement of Mozambique on 6 June 1753. Discovered in 1986.[1]
Globe Star April 1973 grounded off Mombasa, Kenya in April 1973[2]
HMS Gulland (T239) 13 April 1951 a 545 ton Isles class trawler built for World War II. Grounded 13 April 1951 three miles (5 km) north of Mombasa, Kenya
SMS Königsberg (1905) July 1915 sunk in the Rufiji River in July 1915[2][3]
HMS Pegasus 20 September 1914 sunk at Zanzibar on 20 September 1914[2][3]


  1. ^ "Bredenhof (+1753)". Wrecksite.eu. Retrieved 4 April 2011.
  2. ^ a b c Patience, Kevin (2006). Shipwrecks and salvage on the East African coast. Kevin Patience.
  3. ^ a b Patience, Kevin (1997). Königsberg: a German East African raider. Kevin Patience.