Around the world, there thousands and thousands of ships in service. These beasts roam the earth’s oceans to fulfill the needs of mankind for transportation, fishing and many others. These floating structures, although big and sturdy with bodies made of steel are often helpless when they earn the ire of nature.
Beneath the world’s oceans, you can find the remains of hundreds or thousands of ships resting quietly and frozen in time since the day they sank into oblivion. There are however ones which are lucky enough not to vanish completely into the depths but remained standing and immovable in spite of the endless battering of mischievous waves. These ships somehow refuse to give up and resent their untimely rest in the lonely and watery graves they are on. But for the fishes and other aquatic creatures, shipwrecks are like posh housing facilities where they can take refuge and enjoy life. This paradox is what makes abandoned ships and shipwrecks a good thing to look at. No wonder shipwrecks are becoming tourist destinations.
In this article, we are showcasing abandoned ships and shipwreck pictures that you can take a look for your enjoyment. These ships come in different shapes and sizes and each has its unique individual story for its demise. If you want to know more of these ships, you can visit their respective sources and read more about them. You can also go beyond and look them in the search engines or Wikipedia. These things are actually up to you.
If you have anything to add or anything to say about his article, please don’t hesitate to write a comment below. We hope that these shipwreck pictures can inspire you to grab your cameras and head to the nearest shipwreck that you know about. By the way, if you are a photographer and want to show off your skills online, you should take a look at the photography website themes in the collection we maintain for people like you. Happy viewing!
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1. Shipwreck, Ireland
Photo used under Creative Commons from josullivan.59
2. Shipwreck
Photo used under Creative Commons from Joachim S. Müller
3. Shipwreck, Rampside [HDR]
![Shipwreck, Rampside [HDR]](http://cdn.tripwiremagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/image108.png)
Photo used under Creative Commons from isdky – Brian Barnett
4. Oil tanker shipwreck
Photo used under Creative Commons from <SLiM>
5. Shipwreck at Doha port
Photo used under Creative Commons from Ghassan Tabet
6. Shipwreck I
Photo used under Creative Commons from Deivis
7. Shipwreck, Beach Near Lake Sijung, North Korea
Photo used under Creative Commons from yeowatzup
8. Homebush Shipwreck 2
Photo used under Creative Commons from brentbat
9. neutral density shipwreck
Photo used under Creative Commons from drwhimsy
10. The Shipwreck
Photo used under Creative Commons from RobW_
11. Coos Bay mystery shipwreck at Horsfall Beach
Photo used under Creative Commons from oregonkat
12. Shipwreck at Navagio
Photo used under Creative Commons from Ghost of Kuji
13. Spanish boat shipwrecked at Cabo de Santa Maria’s beach 58 years ago
Photo used under Creative Commons from tonyvirtual
14. Old Soviet trawler shipwrecked in Vestnik Bay
Photo used under Creative Commons from GlobalCitizen01
15. Ship Portrait – “Selma”
Photo used under Creative Commons from OneEighteen
16. Shipwreck 3
Photo used under Creative Commons from stevelyon
17. Shipwrecked
Photo used under Creative Commons from alefbetac
18. Shipwreck
Photo used under Creative Commons from janhamlet
19. AmStar 7
Photo used under Creative Commons from Wollex
20. Aral Sea Ship Cemetery XI
Photo used under Creative Commons from kvitlauk
21. Shipwreck
Photo used under Creative Commons from Saipan_Jack
22. Ship washed up by Hurricane Katrina
Photo used under Creative Commons from Camlin Photography
23. The Francisco Morazan
Photo used under Creative Commons from xray10
24. The Abandoned Ship
Photo used under Creative Commons from Ahmed Rabea
25. Loullia Wreck
Photo used under Creative Commons from sashapo
26. Shipwreck by Marigot
Photo used under Creative Commons from Taylor McConnell
27. The Riverdance thrown ashore
Photo used under Creative Commons from zund
28. Ship wreck in Red Sea
Photo used under Creative Commons from Joost J. Bakker IJmuiden
29. Costa Teguise
Photo used under Creative Commons from racatumba
30. Shipwreck of the SS Richmond P. Hobson
Photo used under Creative Commons from Jaffadog
31. The Evanghelia
Photo used under Creative Commons from Stefan Schlautmann
32. A wreck in the sea of Sardinia
Photo used under Creative Commons from stebox78
33. Concrete Ship (Sapona) – Bimini
Photo used under Creative Commons from miamism
34. Shipwreck
Photo used under Creative Commons from Erik Cleves Kristensen
35. Shipwreck in Big Tub Harbour
Photo used under Creative Commons from RepoMan84
36. The bow of the Unkai Maru
Photo used under Creative Commons from gh0stdot
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Great article and collection of images. Shipwrecks litter coastlines around the world and each has a story worth exploring. Thanks for posting!
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You really need to check the rights on these images. Some of them are copyrighted and not creative commons. Simply being on Flickr does not mean they are Creative Commons images and in fact most them are not.
Thanks for your concern Veronica. We always check the copyrights before featuring photos and and it is a priority for us to respect copyrights. If you found a problem in this post we may have made a mistake or maybe the status was changed after the article was written. Please share with us the photos you found not to be fully copyrighted. We will then remove the photo immediately and request approval from the copyright owner before adding it again.
Of course this doesn’t matter if you have contacted them and have their permission to show the image
. Just a friendly alert.