The list of shipwrecks in 1981 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1981.
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Ship | State | Description |
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Big Sea | ![]() |
The fishing vessel sank while tied to a buoy in Port Etches on the south-central coast of Alaska. [1] |
Mercy Bee | ![]() |
The fishing vessel capsized in heavy surf in Squaw Bay ( 60°49′15″N 147°50′30″W / 60.82083°N 147.84167°W) on the south-central coast of Alaska. [2] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Novo Amapá | ![]() |
According to Federal government of Brazil official confirmed report, the Passenger ship sinks at the mouth of the Cajari River, Pará States, Brazil, 186 persons were rescued and survived, killing more than 130 people.[ citation needed] |
Ship | State | Description |
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José Martin | ![]() |
The tanker ran aground off Dalarö, Sweden. [3] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Fourat Star | ![]() |
The coaster was driven ashore at Limassol, Cyprus. She was scrapped in situ. [4] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Deifovos | ![]() |
The cargo ship sank off Vega, Norway, [5] with the loss of nine of her 37 crew. [6] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Tampomas II | ![]() |
The ferry caught fire and sank in a storm in the Java Sea 500 nautical miles (930 km) north east of Java. She was carrying a 1,136 people, [7] of whom 762 were reported to have been rescued. [8] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Ems | ![]() |
The cargo ship sank after collision with
Undine (![]() |
Frederika 1 | ![]() |
The cargo ship sank after colliding with
Blackthorn (![]() ![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Golden Princess | ![]() |
The passenger ship sank in a storm while laid up at Perama, Greece. |
Ship | State | Description |
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Nellie M | ![]() |
The Troubles: sunk at
Lough Foyle after being boarded and bombed by an
IRA team on a hijacked
lifeboat, raised and refitted in 1982, sold to an Irish company and renamed Ellie (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Burgundia | ![]() |
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Ship | State | Description |
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Eastern Mariner I | ![]() |
The cargo ship was damaged in a storm, and sank three days later east of Bermuda ( 32°19.36′N 64°31.30′W / 32.32267°N 64.52167°W). [13] |
Wood Duck | ![]() |
The 32-foot (9.8 m) fishing vessel sank in Union Bay in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska in a violent storm. Her owner-operator died in the sinking. [14] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Akra Aktion | ![]() |
Ran aground off Mangalia, Romania and sank. [15] |
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Uyak | ![]() |
The 60-foot (18 m) fishing vessel sank off Humpback Rock in Chiniak Bay on the coast of Kodiak Island near Kodiak, Alaska. [16] |
Ship | State | Description |
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USS Glennon | ![]() |
The Gearing-class destroyer was sunk as a target off Puerto Rico. |
Ship | State | Description |
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Dae Rim | ![]() |
The 291-foot (88.7 m) cargo ship caught fire and washed ashore at Cape Wrangell on the coast of Attu Island in the Aleutian Islands with the loss of 24 lives. There were two survivors. [17] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Jupiter | ![]() |
The 82-foot (25.0 m) fishing vessel was wrecked on Sozavarika Island ( 54°51′20″N 162°31′35″W / 54.85556°N 162.52639°W) off the south coast of the Alaska Peninsula in Alaska. Her crew of five survived. [18] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Pacific Angel | ![]() |
The 94-foot (28.7 m) crab- fishing vessel was wrecked without loss of life on Chowiet Island ( 56°02′N 156°42′W / 56.033°N 156.700°W) in the Semidi Islands southwest of Kodiak Island. [19] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Mezada | ![]() |
The cargo ship sank in rough seas about 100 nautical miles (190 km) southeast of Bermuda. Eleven of 35 crew rescued. |
Ship | State | Description |
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Daito Maru No. 55 | ![]() |
The 105-foot (32.0 m) fishing trawler sank in the Bering Sea about 380 nautical miles (700 km; 440 mi) northwest of Adak in the Aleutian Islands with the loss of her entire crew of 26. [17] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Rio Bravo | ![]() |
The cargo ship caught fire and sank 600 nautical miles (1,100 km) south west of the Azores. All 27 crew rescued. [20] |
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Nisho Maru | ![]() |
The
ballistic missile submarine
USS George Washington (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Olfert Fischer | ![]() |
The Niels Juel-class corvette was damaged by an engine room fire off Bornholm on her sea trials. Subsequently repaired but commissioning delayed from 25 May to 16 October. [21] |
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Bering Scout | ![]() |
The 65-foot (19.8 m) tug sank with the loss of three lives in Etolin Strait on the west-central coast of Alaska. [1] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Alkmini | ![]() |
The
cargo ship collided with the
motor vessel
Duro Seis (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Unidentified | ![]() |
Lebanese Civil War: The cargo ship exploded at Tyre, Lebanon. She had been chased into harbor by an Israeli Navy warship. [23] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Reina del Mar | ![]() |
scuttled off Kynosoura, Greece. |
Ship | State | Description |
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Charity | ![]() |
She collided with
Good Captain (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Unknown patrol ship | ![]() |
The patrol ship was sunk by South Korean coastal batteries. Nine crewmen killed, one captured and four rescued. [25] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Arctic Explorer | ![]() |
The icebreaker sank off St. Anthony, Newfoundland, Canada. Thirteen of her 32 crew were killed. |
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
USNS Wheeling | ![]() |
The inactivated Wheeling-class missile range instrumentation ship was sunk as a target by Harpoon missiles. |
Ship | State | Description |
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Shoshone | ![]() |
The 76-foot (23 m)
fishing vessel struck a rock and sank 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) north of
Egg Island in the
Aleutian Islands. The fishing vessel Captain Banjo (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Sir Winston Churchill | ![]() |
The schooner ran aground 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Later refloated and returned to service. |
Ship | State | Description |
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Prince Ivanhoe | ![]() |
The former ferry struck a rock and sank at Horton, Swansea. All 450 on board rescued but one passenger suffered a heart attack and died. [27] |
Melpo Lemos | ![]() |
The tanker ran aground on the Lepe Bank, in the Solent off Southampton, United Kingdom. [27] She was refloated the next day. [28] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Louis G | ![]() |
The
seiner
capsized and sank off
Cape Bartolome (
55°14′N 133°37′W / 55.233°N 133.617°W) in
Southeast Alaska. The
fishing vessel Delight (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Winterwind | ![]() |
After the 43-foot (13 m) fishing vessel began taking on water, she drifted onto the tow line of a passing barge and sank in Cook Inlet 10 nautical miles (19 km; 12 mi) off Clam Gulch, Alaska, after the barge collided with her. [14] |
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Karen E | ![]() |
The 35-foot (11 m) cabin cruiser sank with the loss of five lives in eastern Long Island Sound off Rocky Point, Long Island, New York, in waters probably over 100 feet (30 m) deep after colliding with a barge. [30] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Cowboy | ![]() |
The fishing vessel was lost in bad weather in the Gulf of Alaska. [31] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Northern King | ![]() |
The 96-foot (29.3 m) trawler- processor developed a heavy list in a storm in the Bering Sea off Cape Lieskof ( 55°47′18″N 162°03′15″W / 55.7883°N 162.0542°W), Alaska, then capsized and sank near Nelson Lagoon ( 55°50′N 162°05′W / 55.833°N 162.083°W). Her seven crew members abandoned ship 4 nautical miles (7.4 km; 4.6 mi) off the Alaska Peninsula; two were lost, but the other five made it to shore in a life raft and were rescued. [32] |
Rocket | ![]() |
The 34-foot (10.4 m) vessel capsized in Strawberry Pass ( 60°24′N 146°03′W / 60.400°N 146.050°W) near Montague Island at the entrance to Prince William Sound on the south-central coast of Alaska with the loss of both people on board. [33] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Pushka | ![]() |
The vessel was wrecked at Sanak Point (
54°23′N 162°35′W / 54.383°N 162.583°W), probably off
Sanak Island in the
Aleutian Islands. The
fishing vessel Casade (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Misty | ![]() |
The 86-foot (26.2 m)
fishing trawler burned and sank in
Marmot Bay (
58°00′N 152°06′W / 58.000°N 152.100°W) off
Alaska′s
Kodiak Archipelago. The
fishing vessel Trailblazer (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Lady Simpson | ![]() |
The crabber- trawler sank in the Bering Sea about 72 nautical miles (133 km; 83 mi) north of Dutch Harbor, Alaska. A Japanese fishing trawler rescued her crew of six 28 hours later. [29] |
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
HMS Rapid | ![]() |
The decommissioned
Q and R-class
destroyer was sunk as a
torpedo target in the
Western Approaches by the
submarine
HMS Onyx (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
City of Seattle | ![]() |
The 84-foot (25.6 m)
crab-
fishing vessel burned and sank in the
Shelikof Strait 5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) south of
Cape Uganik (
57°58′N 153°30′W / 57.967°N 153.500°W) on the coast of
Uganik Island in
Alaska′s
Kodiak Archipelago. The
medium endurance cutter
USCGC Confidence (
![]() |
Spring | ![]() |
The 42-foot (12.8 m) troller sank 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) off Ratz Harbor ( 55°53′15″N 132°35′45″W / 55.88750°N 132.59583°W) on the northeast coast of Prince of Wales Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. [26] |
Ship | State | Description |
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HDMS MHV 68 | ![]() |
The cutter ran aground off Læsø. She sank the next day. [21] |
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Periphery | ![]() |
The 32-foot (9.8 m)
fishing vessel broke up and sank in heavy seas while under tow by the vessel Billy Don (![]() |
Sobral Santos II | ![]() |
The ferry sank in the harbour of Óbidos, Pará with the loss of an unknown number of people. Estimates range from 50 to 300. [34] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Tungufoss | ![]() |
The coaster sank in a storm 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) off Land's End, Cornwall, United Kingdom. All of the crew were rescued, either, by helicopter from RNAS Culdrose or the Sennen Cove lifeboat. [35] |
Ship | State | Description |
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BRP Datu Kalantiaw | ![]() |
![]() Typhoon Clara: The Datu Kalantiaw-class frigate was driven ashore on Calayan Island in the Philippines with the loss of 79 of her 97 crew. |
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Dimitris | ![]() |
The 963 GRT freighter (formerly known as Harrogate of Associated Humber Lines) flooded, foundered and was lost. [36] |
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Sea Foam | ![]() |
The fishing vessel was wrecked in Summers Bay ( 53°54′45″N 166°27′30″W / 53.91250°N 166.45833°W) on the coast of Unalaska Island in the Aleutian Islands. [26] |
Ship | State | Description |
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The Faith | ![]() |
The
barge, a converted
landing craft mechanized with three
divers aboard, sprang a leak and sank in
Shotgun Cove (
60°48′05″N 148°32′30″W / 60.80139°N 148.54167°W) near
Whittier,
Alaska. The fishing vessel Tommel (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Chrisoula K | ![]() |
Ran aground on the Sha`b Abu Nuhas reef and later sank. [38] |
Ship | State | Description |
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S-178 | ![]() |
The
Whiskey-class
submarine was rammed and sunk by the
refrigerator ship Refrizkerator-13 (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Elusive | ![]() |
After a fire broke out in her
engine room, the 86-foot (26.2 m)
fishing vessel burned and sank near
Cape Ikolik (
57°17′15″N 154°47′00″W / 57.28750°N 154.78333°W) on the coast of
Alaska′s
Kodiak Island. The fishing vessel Gerry D (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Diane O | ![]() |
After her engine broke down, the 26-foot (7.9 m) fishing vessel drifted into the surf and broke up on the south coast of Nunivak Island in the Bering Sea. [17] |
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
S-363 | ![]() |
The Whiskey-class submarine ran aground off Karlskrona, Sweden and was damaged. After a diplomatic incident and military standoff, the submarine was refloated on 5 November and towed into international waters for handover to the Soviet Navy. |
Ship | State | Description |
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Gem | ![]() |
The 47-foot (14.3 m) fishing vessel struck a rock and sank in Cape Spencer in Southeast Alaska. Three of her four crewmen survived. [40] |
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Telamon | ![]() |
The cargo ship was beached at Arrecife, Lanzarote, Canary Islands after developing a leak. The wreck later broke in two, the forward part sank, and the after part remained above water. [41] Scrapping began in September 2022. [42] |
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Aleutian Monarch | ![]() |
After she caught fire and burned for five days, the 460-foot (140.2 m) fish processing vessel was towed out to sea and scuttled near Beaver Inlet ( 53°50′N 166°15′W / 53.833°N 166.250°W) on the coast of Unalaska Island in the Aleutian Islands. [43] |
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
USS Charles R. Ware | ![]() |
The decommissioned Gearing-class destroyer was sunk as a target in the Caribbean. |
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Globe Asimi | ![]() |
The tanker ran aground at Klaipeda, Lithuania and broke in two. [44] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Elma Tres | ![]() |
The cargo ship foundered 215 nautical miles (398 km) west of Hamilton, Bermuda with the loss of all but one of her 24 crew. [45] |
Euro Princess | ![]() |
The cargo ship ran aground off Sable Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. All 26 crew rescued by helicopter. [45] [46] |
Nannie D | ![]() |
The 32-foot (9.8 m) fishing vessel sank southwest of Seward, Alaska, with the loss of her entire crew of three. [32] |
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Saint Patrick | ![]() |
The 458- gross register ton 138.2-foot (42.1 m) scallop- fishing trawler was abandoned in the Gulf of Alaska 5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) east of Marmot Island near Kodiak, Alaska, after a large wave laid her over. Only two men of her crew of 11 men and one woman survived. Days later, Saint Patrick was found floating derelict in the outer part of Marmot Bay and was towed to Womens Bay, Alaska, where she sank. [26] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Garnet | ![]() |
The
reefer collided with
Molaventure (![]() |
Molaventure | ![]() |
The tanker collided with
Garnet (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Bonita | ![]() |
The
cargo ship
capsized when two massive
waves struck her in the
English Channel 40 nautical miles (74 km; 46 mi) north of
Guernsey while on a voyage from
Hamburg,
West Germany, to
Panama with a cargo of
fertiliser. One member of her crew was lost; the rest were saved by a
Royal Navy helicopter and the St Peter’s
Lifeboat Sir William Arnold (
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Kaliakh | ![]() |
The 86-foot (26.2 m)
motor
scow dragged her
anchor, drifted onto the rocks,
capsized, and was lost in
Iliasik Passage (
55°02′N 161°55′W / 55.033°N 161.917°W) between
Inner Iliasik Island and
Outer Iliasik Island in the
Shumagin Islands off the
south-central coast of
Alaska. Her crew survived and was rescued by the
tug Jeffrey Foss (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Grain Ville | ![]() |
The cargo ship foundered off County Wexford, Ireland. Five of her nine crew were rescued. [51] |
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Mark | ![]() |
The coaster was lost in Mount's Bay, Cornwall while bound for Spezia, Spain with a cargo of china clay from Teignmouth. All six of her crew were lost and the wreck has never been found. [52] |
Solomon Browne |
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Penlee lifeboat disaster: The
lifeboat was lost in a
gale while attempting to rescue the crew of
Union Star (![]() |
Union Star | ![]() |
Penlee lifeboat disaster: The coastal
cargo ship was lost on her maiden voyage due to engine failure in a
gale. She was wrecked off
Tater Du,
Cornwall,
England, ending up
capsized on the rocks. All eight people on board – her
master, her master's wife and two daughters, and her four crewmen – were lost, either on board Union Star or in the sinking of the rescue
lifeboat Solomon Browne (
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Ship | State | Description |
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Arion | ![]() |
The ferry, arriving at Haifa from Greece, suffered onboard explosion and fire from a terrorist bomb and was beached. Later towed to Piraeus for lay-up, and to Spain for demolition in 1984. [55] |
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Dimitrios | ![]() |
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Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Unidentified patrol vessel | ![]() |
The navy patrol vessel was sunk by three Royal Thai Navy vessels off Koh Kang Province, Cambodia. Of her crew of six Vietnamese and seven Cambodians, eight were killed and five became prisoners-of-war. [56] |
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Sue | ![]() |
The 32-foot (9.8 m)
fishing vessel sank in
Izhut Bay (
58°11′N 152°15′W / 58.183°N 152.250°W) on the coast of
Afognak Island in the
Kodiak Archipelago after striking a log. The fishing vessel Amber Dawn (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Marina di Equa | ![]() |
The bulk carrier sank in the Bay of Biscay with the loss of all thirty crew. [57] |
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Aurore | ![]() |
The fishing trawler, a former yacht, sank in the D'Entrecasteaux Channel after sriking an unidentified object. she was later refloated and restored to her original configuration as a yacht. |
Holland XXIV | ![]() |
The dredger was beached at Cleveleys. [58] |
J. P. Webb | ![]() |
The hopper barge sank off Port Lillias. [59] |
USS Ozark | ![]() |
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The list of shipwrecks in 1981 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1981.
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References |
Ship | State | Description |
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Big Sea | ![]() |
The fishing vessel sank while tied to a buoy in Port Etches on the south-central coast of Alaska. [1] |
Mercy Bee | ![]() |
The fishing vessel capsized in heavy surf in Squaw Bay ( 60°49′15″N 147°50′30″W / 60.82083°N 147.84167°W) on the south-central coast of Alaska. [2] |
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Novo Amapá | ![]() |
According to Federal government of Brazil official confirmed report, the Passenger ship sinks at the mouth of the Cajari River, Pará States, Brazil, 186 persons were rescued and survived, killing more than 130 people.[ citation needed] |
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
José Martin | ![]() |
The tanker ran aground off Dalarö, Sweden. [3] |
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Fourat Star | ![]() |
The coaster was driven ashore at Limassol, Cyprus. She was scrapped in situ. [4] |
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Deifovos | ![]() |
The cargo ship sank off Vega, Norway, [5] with the loss of nine of her 37 crew. [6] |
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Tampomas II | ![]() |
The ferry caught fire and sank in a storm in the Java Sea 500 nautical miles (930 km) north east of Java. She was carrying a 1,136 people, [7] of whom 762 were reported to have been rescued. [8] |
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Ems | ![]() |
The cargo ship sank after collision with
Undine (![]() |
Frederika 1 | ![]() |
The cargo ship sank after colliding with
Blackthorn (![]() ![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Golden Princess | ![]() |
The passenger ship sank in a storm while laid up at Perama, Greece. |
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Nellie M | ![]() |
The Troubles: sunk at
Lough Foyle after being boarded and bombed by an
IRA team on a hijacked
lifeboat, raised and refitted in 1982, sold to an Irish company and renamed Ellie (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Burgundia | ![]() |
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Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Eastern Mariner I | ![]() |
The cargo ship was damaged in a storm, and sank three days later east of Bermuda ( 32°19.36′N 64°31.30′W / 32.32267°N 64.52167°W). [13] |
Wood Duck | ![]() |
The 32-foot (9.8 m) fishing vessel sank in Union Bay in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska in a violent storm. Her owner-operator died in the sinking. [14] |
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Akra Aktion | ![]() |
Ran aground off Mangalia, Romania and sank. [15] |
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Uyak | ![]() |
The 60-foot (18 m) fishing vessel sank off Humpback Rock in Chiniak Bay on the coast of Kodiak Island near Kodiak, Alaska. [16] |
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
USS Glennon | ![]() |
The Gearing-class destroyer was sunk as a target off Puerto Rico. |
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Dae Rim | ![]() |
The 291-foot (88.7 m) cargo ship caught fire and washed ashore at Cape Wrangell on the coast of Attu Island in the Aleutian Islands with the loss of 24 lives. There were two survivors. [17] |
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Jupiter | ![]() |
The 82-foot (25.0 m) fishing vessel was wrecked on Sozavarika Island ( 54°51′20″N 162°31′35″W / 54.85556°N 162.52639°W) off the south coast of the Alaska Peninsula in Alaska. Her crew of five survived. [18] |
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Pacific Angel | ![]() |
The 94-foot (28.7 m) crab- fishing vessel was wrecked without loss of life on Chowiet Island ( 56°02′N 156°42′W / 56.033°N 156.700°W) in the Semidi Islands southwest of Kodiak Island. [19] |
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Mezada | ![]() |
The cargo ship sank in rough seas about 100 nautical miles (190 km) southeast of Bermuda. Eleven of 35 crew rescued. |
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Daito Maru No. 55 | ![]() |
The 105-foot (32.0 m) fishing trawler sank in the Bering Sea about 380 nautical miles (700 km; 440 mi) northwest of Adak in the Aleutian Islands with the loss of her entire crew of 26. [17] |
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Rio Bravo | ![]() |
The cargo ship caught fire and sank 600 nautical miles (1,100 km) south west of the Azores. All 27 crew rescued. [20] |
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Nisho Maru | ![]() |
The
ballistic missile submarine
USS George Washington (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Olfert Fischer | ![]() |
The Niels Juel-class corvette was damaged by an engine room fire off Bornholm on her sea trials. Subsequently repaired but commissioning delayed from 25 May to 16 October. [21] |
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Bering Scout | ![]() |
The 65-foot (19.8 m) tug sank with the loss of three lives in Etolin Strait on the west-central coast of Alaska. [1] |
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Alkmini | ![]() |
The
cargo ship collided with the
motor vessel
Duro Seis (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Unidentified | ![]() |
Lebanese Civil War: The cargo ship exploded at Tyre, Lebanon. She had been chased into harbor by an Israeli Navy warship. [23] |
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Reina del Mar | ![]() |
scuttled off Kynosoura, Greece. |
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Charity | ![]() |
She collided with
Good Captain (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Unknown patrol ship | ![]() |
The patrol ship was sunk by South Korean coastal batteries. Nine crewmen killed, one captured and four rescued. [25] |
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Arctic Explorer | ![]() |
The icebreaker sank off St. Anthony, Newfoundland, Canada. Thirteen of her 32 crew were killed. |
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
USNS Wheeling | ![]() |
The inactivated Wheeling-class missile range instrumentation ship was sunk as a target by Harpoon missiles. |
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Shoshone | ![]() |
The 76-foot (23 m)
fishing vessel struck a rock and sank 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) north of
Egg Island in the
Aleutian Islands. The fishing vessel Captain Banjo (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Sir Winston Churchill | ![]() |
The schooner ran aground 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Later refloated and returned to service. |
Ship | State | Description |
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Prince Ivanhoe | ![]() |
The former ferry struck a rock and sank at Horton, Swansea. All 450 on board rescued but one passenger suffered a heart attack and died. [27] |
Melpo Lemos | ![]() |
The tanker ran aground on the Lepe Bank, in the Solent off Southampton, United Kingdom. [27] She was refloated the next day. [28] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Louis G | ![]() |
The
seiner
capsized and sank off
Cape Bartolome (
55°14′N 133°37′W / 55.233°N 133.617°W) in
Southeast Alaska. The
fishing vessel Delight (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Winterwind | ![]() |
After the 43-foot (13 m) fishing vessel began taking on water, she drifted onto the tow line of a passing barge and sank in Cook Inlet 10 nautical miles (19 km; 12 mi) off Clam Gulch, Alaska, after the barge collided with her. [14] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Karen E | ![]() |
The 35-foot (11 m) cabin cruiser sank with the loss of five lives in eastern Long Island Sound off Rocky Point, Long Island, New York, in waters probably over 100 feet (30 m) deep after colliding with a barge. [30] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Cowboy | ![]() |
The fishing vessel was lost in bad weather in the Gulf of Alaska. [31] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Northern King | ![]() |
The 96-foot (29.3 m) trawler- processor developed a heavy list in a storm in the Bering Sea off Cape Lieskof ( 55°47′18″N 162°03′15″W / 55.7883°N 162.0542°W), Alaska, then capsized and sank near Nelson Lagoon ( 55°50′N 162°05′W / 55.833°N 162.083°W). Her seven crew members abandoned ship 4 nautical miles (7.4 km; 4.6 mi) off the Alaska Peninsula; two were lost, but the other five made it to shore in a life raft and were rescued. [32] |
Rocket | ![]() |
The 34-foot (10.4 m) vessel capsized in Strawberry Pass ( 60°24′N 146°03′W / 60.400°N 146.050°W) near Montague Island at the entrance to Prince William Sound on the south-central coast of Alaska with the loss of both people on board. [33] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Pushka | ![]() |
The vessel was wrecked at Sanak Point (
54°23′N 162°35′W / 54.383°N 162.583°W), probably off
Sanak Island in the
Aleutian Islands. The
fishing vessel Casade (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Misty | ![]() |
The 86-foot (26.2 m)
fishing trawler burned and sank in
Marmot Bay (
58°00′N 152°06′W / 58.000°N 152.100°W) off
Alaska′s
Kodiak Archipelago. The
fishing vessel Trailblazer (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Lady Simpson | ![]() |
The crabber- trawler sank in the Bering Sea about 72 nautical miles (133 km; 83 mi) north of Dutch Harbor, Alaska. A Japanese fishing trawler rescued her crew of six 28 hours later. [29] |
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
HMS Rapid | ![]() |
The decommissioned
Q and R-class
destroyer was sunk as a
torpedo target in the
Western Approaches by the
submarine
HMS Onyx (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
City of Seattle | ![]() |
The 84-foot (25.6 m)
crab-
fishing vessel burned and sank in the
Shelikof Strait 5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) south of
Cape Uganik (
57°58′N 153°30′W / 57.967°N 153.500°W) on the coast of
Uganik Island in
Alaska′s
Kodiak Archipelago. The
medium endurance cutter
USCGC Confidence (
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Spring | ![]() |
The 42-foot (12.8 m) troller sank 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) off Ratz Harbor ( 55°53′15″N 132°35′45″W / 55.88750°N 132.59583°W) on the northeast coast of Prince of Wales Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. [26] |
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
HDMS MHV 68 | ![]() |
The cutter ran aground off Læsø. She sank the next day. [21] |
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Periphery | ![]() |
The 32-foot (9.8 m)
fishing vessel broke up and sank in heavy seas while under tow by the vessel Billy Don (![]() |
Sobral Santos II | ![]() |
The ferry sank in the harbour of Óbidos, Pará with the loss of an unknown number of people. Estimates range from 50 to 300. [34] |
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Tungufoss | ![]() |
The coaster sank in a storm 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) off Land's End, Cornwall, United Kingdom. All of the crew were rescued, either, by helicopter from RNAS Culdrose or the Sennen Cove lifeboat. [35] |
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
BRP Datu Kalantiaw | ![]() |
![]() Typhoon Clara: The Datu Kalantiaw-class frigate was driven ashore on Calayan Island in the Philippines with the loss of 79 of her 97 crew. |
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Dimitris | ![]() |
The 963 GRT freighter (formerly known as Harrogate of Associated Humber Lines) flooded, foundered and was lost. [36] |
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Sea Foam | ![]() |
The fishing vessel was wrecked in Summers Bay ( 53°54′45″N 166°27′30″W / 53.91250°N 166.45833°W) on the coast of Unalaska Island in the Aleutian Islands. [26] |
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
The Faith | ![]() |
The
barge, a converted
landing craft mechanized with three
divers aboard, sprang a leak and sank in
Shotgun Cove (
60°48′05″N 148°32′30″W / 60.80139°N 148.54167°W) near
Whittier,
Alaska. The fishing vessel Tommel (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Chrisoula K | ![]() |
Ran aground on the Sha`b Abu Nuhas reef and later sank. [38] |
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
S-178 | ![]() |
The
Whiskey-class
submarine was rammed and sunk by the
refrigerator ship Refrizkerator-13 (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Elusive | ![]() |
After a fire broke out in her
engine room, the 86-foot (26.2 m)
fishing vessel burned and sank near
Cape Ikolik (
57°17′15″N 154°47′00″W / 57.28750°N 154.78333°W) on the coast of
Alaska′s
Kodiak Island. The fishing vessel Gerry D (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Diane O | ![]() |
After her engine broke down, the 26-foot (7.9 m) fishing vessel drifted into the surf and broke up on the south coast of Nunivak Island in the Bering Sea. [17] |
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
S-363 | ![]() |
The Whiskey-class submarine ran aground off Karlskrona, Sweden and was damaged. After a diplomatic incident and military standoff, the submarine was refloated on 5 November and towed into international waters for handover to the Soviet Navy. |
Ship | State | Description |
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Gem | ![]() |
The 47-foot (14.3 m) fishing vessel struck a rock and sank in Cape Spencer in Southeast Alaska. Three of her four crewmen survived. [40] |
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Telamon | ![]() |
The cargo ship was beached at Arrecife, Lanzarote, Canary Islands after developing a leak. The wreck later broke in two, the forward part sank, and the after part remained above water. [41] Scrapping began in September 2022. [42] |
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Aleutian Monarch | ![]() |
After she caught fire and burned for five days, the 460-foot (140.2 m) fish processing vessel was towed out to sea and scuttled near Beaver Inlet ( 53°50′N 166°15′W / 53.833°N 166.250°W) on the coast of Unalaska Island in the Aleutian Islands. [43] |
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
USS Charles R. Ware | ![]() |
The decommissioned Gearing-class destroyer was sunk as a target in the Caribbean. |
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Globe Asimi | ![]() |
The tanker ran aground at Klaipeda, Lithuania and broke in two. [44] |
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Elma Tres | ![]() |
The cargo ship foundered 215 nautical miles (398 km) west of Hamilton, Bermuda with the loss of all but one of her 24 crew. [45] |
Euro Princess | ![]() |
The cargo ship ran aground off Sable Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. All 26 crew rescued by helicopter. [45] [46] |
Nannie D | ![]() |
The 32-foot (9.8 m) fishing vessel sank southwest of Seward, Alaska, with the loss of her entire crew of three. [32] |
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Saint Patrick | ![]() |
The 458- gross register ton 138.2-foot (42.1 m) scallop- fishing trawler was abandoned in the Gulf of Alaska 5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) east of Marmot Island near Kodiak, Alaska, after a large wave laid her over. Only two men of her crew of 11 men and one woman survived. Days later, Saint Patrick was found floating derelict in the outer part of Marmot Bay and was towed to Womens Bay, Alaska, where she sank. [26] |
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Garnet | ![]() |
The
reefer collided with
Molaventure (![]() |
Molaventure | ![]() |
The tanker collided with
Garnet (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Bonita | ![]() |
The
cargo ship
capsized when two massive
waves struck her in the
English Channel 40 nautical miles (74 km; 46 mi) north of
Guernsey while on a voyage from
Hamburg,
West Germany, to
Panama with a cargo of
fertiliser. One member of her crew was lost; the rest were saved by a
Royal Navy helicopter and the St Peter’s
Lifeboat Sir William Arnold (
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Kaliakh | ![]() |
The 86-foot (26.2 m)
motor
scow dragged her
anchor, drifted onto the rocks,
capsized, and was lost in
Iliasik Passage (
55°02′N 161°55′W / 55.033°N 161.917°W) between
Inner Iliasik Island and
Outer Iliasik Island in the
Shumagin Islands off the
south-central coast of
Alaska. Her crew survived and was rescued by the
tug Jeffrey Foss (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Grain Ville | ![]() |
The cargo ship foundered off County Wexford, Ireland. Five of her nine crew were rescued. [51] |
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Mark | ![]() |
The coaster was lost in Mount's Bay, Cornwall while bound for Spezia, Spain with a cargo of china clay from Teignmouth. All six of her crew were lost and the wreck has never been found. [52] |
Solomon Browne |
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Penlee lifeboat disaster: The
lifeboat was lost in a
gale while attempting to rescue the crew of
Union Star (![]() |
Union Star | ![]() |
Penlee lifeboat disaster: The coastal
cargo ship was lost on her maiden voyage due to engine failure in a
gale. She was wrecked off
Tater Du,
Cornwall,
England, ending up
capsized on the rocks. All eight people on board – her
master, her master's wife and two daughters, and her four crewmen – were lost, either on board Union Star or in the sinking of the rescue
lifeboat Solomon Browne (
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Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Arion | ![]() |
The ferry, arriving at Haifa from Greece, suffered onboard explosion and fire from a terrorist bomb and was beached. Later towed to Piraeus for lay-up, and to Spain for demolition in 1984. [55] |
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Dimitrios | ![]() |
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Ship | State | Description |
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Unidentified patrol vessel | ![]() |
The navy patrol vessel was sunk by three Royal Thai Navy vessels off Koh Kang Province, Cambodia. Of her crew of six Vietnamese and seven Cambodians, eight were killed and five became prisoners-of-war. [56] |
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Sue | ![]() |
The 32-foot (9.8 m)
fishing vessel sank in
Izhut Bay (
58°11′N 152°15′W / 58.183°N 152.250°W) on the coast of
Afognak Island in the
Kodiak Archipelago after striking a log. The fishing vessel Amber Dawn (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Marina di Equa | ![]() |
The bulk carrier sank in the Bay of Biscay with the loss of all thirty crew. [57] |
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Aurore | ![]() |
The fishing trawler, a former yacht, sank in the D'Entrecasteaux Channel after sriking an unidentified object. she was later refloated and restored to her original configuration as a yacht. |
Holland XXIV | ![]() |
The dredger was beached at Cleveleys. [58] |
J. P. Webb | ![]() |
The hopper barge sank off Port Lillias. [59] |
USS Ozark | ![]() |
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