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Major H. W. J. Senior's sea serpent from the SS City of Baltimore, Gulf of Aden, 1879
January 28, 1879 · Western Gulf of Aden, east-southeast of the Bab-el-Mandeb strait (lat. 12° 28′ N, long. 43° 52′ E)
International waters
Cryptid · Creature · 11 sources
19Thinly documented
The Royal Yacht Osborne Sea Monster off Sicily
June 2, 1877 · Off the north coast of Sicily, toward Cape Vito (Capo San Vito)
Italy
Cryptid · Creature · 18 sources
21Thinly documented
The Barque Pauline Sea Serpent Off Cape Roque
July 8, 1875 · Off Cape Roque (Cabo de São Roque), north-east Brazil, South Atlantic
Brazil
Cryptid · Creature · 22 sources
22Thinly documented
The Alecton Giant Squid Encounter off Tenerife (the "Bouyer Kraken")
November 30, 1861 · Atlantic Ocean, about forty leagues from Tenerife, between Madeira and Tenerife (Canary Islands)
International waters
Cryptid · Creature · 20 sources
41Partially documented
HMS Daedalus sea serpent: Captain M'Quhae's report and the Richard Owen dispute, 1848
August 6, 1848 · South Atlantic, between the Cape of Good Hope and St Helena, about 300 miles off present-day Namibia (24°44′S, 9°22′E)
International waters
Cryptid · Creature · 25 sources
28Thinly documented
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Six Shetland fishermen catch a "mermaid" on their lines off Yell
July 1833 · At sea off the Isle of Yell, North Isles, Shetland, Scotland
United Kingdom
Cryptid · Creature · 13 sources
16Thinly documented
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The British Officers' Sea Serpent of St. Margaret's Bay
May 15, 1833 · St. Margaret's Bay, between Halifax and Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia
Canada
Cryptid · Creature · 16 sources
27Thinly documented
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Captain Lorenz von Ferry's sea serpent off Molde, 1746
August 1746 · Jule-Naess (very probably Julneset), near Molde, Møre og Romsdal
Norway
Cryptid · Creature · 20 sources
24Thinly documented
Hans and Poul Egede's "most dreadful monster": the Davis Strait sea serpent of 1734
July 6, 1734 · Davis Strait, off the west coast of Greenland, near the 64th degree of latitude
Greenland
Cryptid · Creature · 24 sources
20Thinly documented

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