Shipwrecks in the Caribbean Sea Region

U-157 HMCS Canada, Queen of Nassau Christobol Colon United States Rhone, RMS HIHI HI HI HI

Type of Vessel: German U-Boat Type of Vessel: Spanish Cruiser Type of Vessel: Canadian Steamship Type of Vessel: British Steam Ship Cause of Wreck: Depth Charges from U.S. Cause of Wreck: Ran Aground Cause of Wreck: Boiler Fire and Pump Failure Cause of Wreck: Hurricane Date Sunk: June 13, 1942 Date Sunk: 1898 Date Sunk: 1926 Date Sunk: 1867 Fatalities: 52 (all hands lost) Fatalities: None Fatalities: None, all crew escaped on life boats Fatalities: 124 (23 survivors) Grand Bahama U-94 Bluenose Abaco Berry Bimini Islands HI HI Islands Eleuthera The Bahamas HI

Cat Island Type of Vessel: German U-Boat Type of Vessel: Canadian Schooner Great HI Cause of wreck: Depth Charge from U.S. Cause of Wreck: Ran aground Coral Reef Andros Guana San Salvador Cay Date Sunk: Aug. 28, 1942 Date Sunk: Jan. 28, 1946 Straits of Florida Rum Cay Fatalities: 19 (26 survivors) Fatalities: None Great Exuma Long Island Samana Cay Crooked HI SS Hardwicke Grange Mayaguana Acklins Cuba Turks and Caicos Little Inagua HI Great Inagua Type of Vessel: U.S. Steamship Atlantic Ocean Cause of Wreck: Torpedo Gulf of Date Sunk: June 12, 1942 Guacanayabo Fatalities: 3 (81 survivors) Cayman Islands HI Haiti Dominican HI British Virgin Islands Windward Passage Puerto Rico Republic Mona Jamaica Passage Anguilla HI US Virgin Islands St. Martin HI St. Kitts and Nevis Antigua and Barbuda Montserrat

Map Location Caribbean Sea Guadeloupe Dominica WhHeon nodnuer athsinks of shipwrecks in this part of the world, the myth of the cursed "Bermuda Triangle" may come to mind. This is a Martinique reasonable thought as many ships had their last voyage in this region. St. Lucia St. Vincent and Barbados Though some shipwrecks do remain a mystery, most ships saw / Aruba Nicaragua the Grenadines their end in this region caused by bad weather or gunfire. Netherlands Antilles 0 105 210 420 Grenada This map illustrates many of the shipwrecks in the Caribbean Sea region, what caused their doom, and when they went down. Miles Venezuela Trinidad and Tobago

Data Source: WWU, 2007; USGS Caribbean Shapefile, 2005; www.shipwreckcentral.com Mercator Projection Adam Norbjerg, 2007