List of shipwrecks of England
East Sussex

List of shipwrecks of England

Section Title: East Sussex
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Ship	Flag	Sunk date	Notes	Coordinates

RMS Alaunia	United Kingdom	19 October 1916	Struck a mine off Hastings.

Amsterdam	26 January 1749	A Dutch East India Company ship that ran aground near Hastings. The wreck site is protected.	50°50′49″N 0°31′27″E / 50.846899°N 0.524281°E

HMS Ariadne	Royal Navy	26 July 1917	A Diadem-class cruiser torpedoed off Beachy Head by German submarine UC-65.	50°39′18″N 0°17′28″E / 50.655°N 0.291°E

HMS Holland 5	Royal Navy	8 August 1912	A Holland-class submarine that foundered off Beachy Head while under tow to be scrapped.	50°43′44″N 0°14′53″E / 50.729°N 0.248°E

RMS Moldavia	United Kingdom	23 May 1918	An armed merchantman torpedoed off Beachy Head by UB-57.	50°23.13′N 0°28.72′W / 50.38550°N 0.47867°W

MV Nyon	Switzerland	15 June 1962	A Swiss cargo ship that ran aground at Berwickshire in 1958, but was salvaged and repaired. It sank for the final time off Beachy Head, following a collision.

MT Sitakund	Norway	20 October 1968	A Norwegian motor tanker that exploded off the coast of Eastbourne.	50°43′08″N 0°14′24″E / 50.719°N 0.240°E

SS Storaa	United Kingdom	3 November 1943	A British coaster sunk by a German torpedo near Hastings.

U-40	Kriegsmarine	13 October 1939	A German submarine sunk by a mine off Eastbourne.	50°42′N 0°15′E / 50.700°N 0.250°E

U-413	Kriegsmarine	20 August 1944	A German submarine sunk by a mine 15 nautical miles (28 km) south of Brighton.	50°21′N 00°01′W / 50.350°N 0.017°W

UC-65	Imperial German Navy	3 November 1917	A German minelaying submarine torpedoed by HMS C15 off Eastbourne.	50°31′N 00°27′E / 50.517°N 0.450°E

MV Wittering	United Kingdom	25 February 1976	A British Cargo Ship sunk after a collision, 11.5 nautical miles (21.3 km) off Beachy Head. Attended by Hastings Lifeboat.	50°43′N 00°37′W / 50.717°N 0.617°W

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U-40 Kriegsmarine is a German submarine sunk on October 13, 1939 by a mine off Eastbourne.

final_sentence: U-40 Kriegsmarine is a German submarine sunk on October 13, 1939 by a mine off Eastbourne.